Cosmological argument = A's first 3 ways 0.0 / 5 ? Religious StudiesPhilosophyA2/A-levelAQA Created by: evegauld1Created on: 31-05-22 13:50 First Way Things that move must be moved by something Cannot move themselves Things = evidently in motion I.e Time Cannot be an infinite chain of movers — there must be a first mover = this is God 1 of 6 Second Way Nothing can be its own efficient causer Cause must come before effect The first uncaused causer = God 2 of 6 Third Way Matter in the Universe = contingent It didn’t always exist There is something that has always existed that caused the universe That is God — his existence = necessary 3 of 6 Motion First Way God = The First Mover 4 of 6 Cause Second Way God = Uncaused Causer 5 of 6 Contingency Third Way God = the only necessary existence thus only thing that is not dependent on anything else 6 of 6
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