Cosmological Argument Essay
There are many different arguments which attempt to help us understand more about the existence of God. One of these arguments is the Cosmological Argument which is essentially a theory which consists of 8 main points, but this essay will highlight the origins of the argument, the developments by Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas and some criticisms by David Hume and Immanuel Kant and coming to a conclusion of how successfully the Cosmological Argument proves the existence of God.
The first form of the Cosmological Argument was thought of by Plato. "Shall we say then that it is the soul which controls heaven and earth" - Plato. Though this quote does not directly speak about the first cause, nevertheless it does highlight Plato's thinking …show more content…
The flaw is highlighted in the following quote. "if God doesn’t have a cause, he doesn’t exist and therefore couldn’t have created the universe" - flowpsychology.com. This source explains that the argument states that God is the cause of the universe and that everything needs a cause in order to exist but later goes on to reveal that God does not have a cause due to him having a "necessary existence" which, if in accordance with the previous steps of Aquinas' arguments, would mean he never existed in the first place. The Cosmological Argument also does not explain why God is the only exception in the entire universe. This is a counterexample to everything that the argument declares beforehand. This can be viewed as where the argument for the existence of God falls short of being watertight. ‘if nothing exists without a cause and God has no cause, then God cannot exist’ which effectively is the complete opposite of what the argument attempts to achieve and inconsistency will only weaken our faith in the argument, therefore this perspective attacks the very essence of the Cosmological Argument whereby God is an independent cause of all sequencing causes. This leaves the Cosmological Argument floundering at the very Genesis of its entire
The first form of the Cosmological Argument was thought of by Plato. "Shall we say then that it is the soul which controls heaven and earth" - Plato. Though this quote does not directly speak about the first cause, nevertheless it does highlight Plato's thinking …show more content…
The flaw is highlighted in the following quote. "if God doesn’t have a cause, he doesn’t exist and therefore couldn’t have created the universe" - flowpsychology.com. This source explains that the argument states that God is the cause of the universe and that everything needs a cause in order to exist but later goes on to reveal that God does not have a cause due to him having a "necessary existence" which, if in accordance with the previous steps of Aquinas' arguments, would mean he never existed in the first place. The Cosmological Argument also does not explain why God is the only exception in the entire universe. This is a counterexample to everything that the argument declares beforehand. This can be viewed as where the argument for the existence of God falls short of being watertight. ‘if nothing exists without a cause and God has no cause, then God cannot exist’ which effectively is the complete opposite of what the argument attempts to achieve and inconsistency will only weaken our faith in the argument, therefore this perspective attacks the very essence of the Cosmological Argument whereby God is an independent cause of all sequencing causes. This leaves the Cosmological Argument floundering at the very Genesis of its entire