Cosmological Argument - The Existence Of God Book Flashcards
Who created this argument
Thomas aquinas
Tell me about Thomas aquinas
Created cosmological argument
Lived from 1225 - 1274
What is his argument
everything in existence in our world has come about from something before it, aka something comes before everything
What did he argue
This cycle of life couldn’t have began itself, something must have started it. He says there’s a first cause that explains everything on our planet and that cause is god
What is Theists response
It’s a credible argument as it makes sense to think that this cycle of life didn’t come out of nothing
What did the theist Aristotle state
The series must start with something since nothing can come from nothing
What’s an atheists response
Its not credible/believable as it doesn’t explain where god came from. Some argue that the life cycle could have been in existence as much as a god always being in existence
What is this argument also known as
The first cause argument
What did Thomas maintain in his argument
That there is a first cause that explains everything in our universe and because this first cause started everything else, this first cause must be eternal and uncaused. He stated this was god
