Cosmological Argument For The Existence Of God

At some point in our lives people have thought that there is more to life than the material world, which surrounds us. For centuries, a belief in a God or Gods has been an ongoing debate. As humans, we have a natural instinct to find explanations for events that cannot be explained. I, like many others look for something transcendent on which to build our lives upon. There are numerous arguments presented to prove the existence of God, however the most convincing of those ways begins from the fact of the existence of the world. These types of arguments are known as “cosmological” arguments. The cosmological argument is that of the existence of the universe is strong indication for the existence of a God who created it. In this essay, I will
It has to do with cosmology, which is an extension of metaphysics that consists with the Universe as an orderly system. St. Thomas Aquinas first introduces the Cosmological argument in the Summa Theologica, where he discusses topics such as; the existence, simplicity, and will of God. St. Thomas challenges us to consider what it is about nature that makes it manifest to require God as its original cause. For Aquinas, proving the existence of God is based on asking how, and to what extent can we know God—reason and observation. His passions included the scientific reasoning of God. Studying many philosopher’s theories it is evident that their arguments are driven from two very different disciplines; epistemology and
The universe is a result of something or someone and as such cannot be self-explanatory. The argument that Aquinas tries to make is that, everything does not need to have a cause, yet every effect must have a cause. God, as the first cause, is not an effect at all, nor can He be. Therefore, the argument for infinite regress is based on an extremely weak supposition that everything needs to have a cause. Furthermore, believing that St. Thomas’ argument is primarily a priori is another problem with Hume’s criticism. The cosmological argument is based on synthetic a posteriori knowledge, which he should accept as