according to Aquainas an object only moved when an external force was applied to it; this chain of movements or change cannot go back to infinity. there must have been a first prime mover which it self is unmoved
'picture a lane of dominoes - when one is knocked down the rest wall down in a sort of chain reaction'
A classic version of the cosmological argument is found in Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologica where he proposed Five Ways to argue for God’s existence:
1. The unmoved mover. Everything is moved (changed) by something outside of it. This cannot go back for ever, so there must be a First Mover that started it off. This applies to the Cosmos.
2. The uncaused causer. Everything is caused by something (nothing causes itself). Same as 1. There must be a First Cause.
3. Contingency and necessity. Everything is contingent (it is around for a while but not for ever). There must have been a time when there was nothing. Finally, there must have been something that brings contingent things into existence that is not contingent (ie necessary).
Comments
No comments have yet been made