Cosmological Approach

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             The Existence of God: A Cosmological Approach
             St. Thomas Aquinas provided the first three arguments from the five cosmological arguments produced. The cosmological approach is stated to give "proof" that God exists.
             Aquinas' first argument is from motion or change. He says that the things we see in the world are undergoing change, a movement from a potential state to an actual state. He adds that to be moved implies being moved by something greater, something outside of itself because nothing can create its own change. Furthermore, we can't have an infinite regress of "moved-movers". In other words, we can't go on forever asking what came first, the chicken or the egg, and in our answer say that one came from the other infinitely. It is also stated that without a " first-mover" there would be no following movers and for this reason nothing would be in motion. Aquinas then concludes that there must be an "unmoved-mover" and we give it the name of God which is outside of the cycle.
             Secondly, Aquinas argues that there is a God from efficient cause. An efficient cause is an even that brings things about. We also know that no thing can be its own cause because to be caused means the effect of something previous. Furthermore, we know from the previous argument, that there cannot be an infinite regress of caused causes. Plus, without a first cause you would not have a subsequent, intermediate caused cause. Therefore, there must be an uncaused first cause which would be described as God. Aquinas concluded that observation tells us that no object creates itself. There must have been an "uncaused first cause" who began the chain of existence for all that has become today.
             Thirdly, Aquinas argues the existence of God from possibility and necessity. He states that we see in the world contingent or dependent beings. Th...

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