The Cosmological Argument
St. Thomas Aquinas
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Begins argument by assuming the
universe is eternal.
Even an eternal universe needs a cause.
The argument is for a cause, not
creation.
The Argument
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The universe exists.
It couldn’t be the cause of itself.
It couldn’t come from nothing.
It couldn’t be the result of an infinite
series of causes and effects.
Therefore, the cause must be something
uncaused, ultimate, eternal which is God.
The universe could not be the
cause of itself.
If it were the cause of itself it
would have to exist prior to it’s
own existence which is
impossible.
The universe could not come
from nothing.
“Ex nihilo, nihil fit.”
From nothing, nothing comes.
The universe could not be the
result of an infinite series.
It is impossible to pass through
an infinite series, so the series
of causes which led to the
universe must be fininte.
God must exist as the ultimate cause of each moment in
time.
The ultimate cause