The First Cause Argument

Question 1

Describe St Thomas Aquinas’s First Cause argument

Answer 1

The universe had a beginning.
As things cannot cause themselves into existence then the universe must have been caused to exist by something outside of the universe
First cause of this universe is God.
If God had not caused universe, there would be no universe and we would not exist.
The universe must have a creator in the beginning

Question 2

What Christian belief supports the cosmological argument?

Answer 2

The creation account in Genesis 1.1-3 the universe was created by God and only God.
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth”

Question 3

Describe the first cause argument (cosmological)

Answer 3

• Everything that exists was caused to exist
• the universe exists so It must have a cause
• there had to be something eternal (without beginning or end) that was not caused by anything
• The eternal first cause is God
• Therefore God exists

Question 4

How does time prove existence of God?

Answer 4

Measurement of time had a beginning proving the creation of the universe. Theists would argue that The universe has a beginning and the beginning is caused by God.