The Causation Argument
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- Created on: 18-03-14 13:21
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- The Causation Argument
- This argument tries to prove the existence of God by showing that everything happens for a reason.
- Overview of the causation argument
- Nothing happens by itself
- Everything that happens must be caused by something else.
- The universe cannot have happened by itself.
- A powerful cause was necessary to cause the universe.
- This cause has to be God, therefore God exists.
- A powerful cause was necessary to cause the universe.
- The universe cannot have happened by itself.
- Everything that happens must be caused by something else.
- Nothing happens by itself
- Arguments AGAINST causation
- The causation arguement cannot be proved.
- Even if everything in the world seems to have a cause, it doesn't mean the universe had a cause.
- The arguement only suggests that God is the cause of the universe.
- There are other possible causes of the universe such as the scientific 'Big Bang' theory.
- If everything has a cause, what caused God?
- There are other possible causes of the universe such as the scientific 'Big Bang' theory.
- The arguement only suggests that God is the cause of the universe.
- Even if everything in the world seems to have a cause, it doesn't mean the universe had a cause.
- The causation arguement cannot be proved.
- Who created this arguement?
- In the 13th century, Thomas Aquinas thought up this arguement.
- He argued that you cannot go back indefinately and that there must have been a first cause of the universe.
- Aquinas believed this first cause had to be God and called him the 'unmoved mover' because he is the start of the universe.
- In the 13th century, Thomas Aquinas thought up this arguement.
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