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The '''cosmological argument''' is not a single argument but actually an entire family of [[philosophical]] arguments ''(logos; See: [[Logic]])'' found in [[natural theology]]. There are subtle differences between versions of the cosmological argument and seek to demonstrate, by way of [[a priori]] and [[empirical]] (a posteriori) arguments, a "Sufficient Reason or First Cause" for the [[cosmos]].<ref>J. P. Moreland and William Lane Craig, ''Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview'' (IVP Academic 2003), pg 465</ref> The family of cosmological arguments hold together through a common [[metaphysics]]. [[Theism]] throughout the [[history]] of the argument has been necessary so that any version requires a transcendent First Cause. | The '''cosmological argument''' is not a single argument but actually an entire family of [[philosophical]] arguments ''(logos; See: [[Logic]])'' found in [[natural theology]]. There are subtle differences between versions of the cosmological argument and seek to demonstrate, by way of [[a priori]] and [[empirical]] (a posteriori) arguments, a "Sufficient Reason or First Cause" for the [[cosmos]].<ref>J. P. Moreland and William Lane Craig, ''Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview'' (IVP Academic 2003), pg 465</ref> The family of cosmological arguments hold together through a common [[metaphysics]]. [[Theism]] throughout the [[history]] of the argument has been necessary so that any version requires a transcendent First Cause. Or, to put another way, a space-less, timeless, beginning-less, eternal, supernatural being of unimaginable power, namely [[God]], is the cause of the origin of the universe. It is from this position then that a short traverse can be made into [[apologetics]] for the [[resurrection]] of [[Christ]] as how God has revealed Himself to humanity. (''See: [[Minimal facts method]]'') | ||
{{cquote|It uses a general pattern of argumentation (logos) that makes an inference from certain alleged facts about the world (cosmos) to the existence of a unique being, generally identified with or referred to as God. Among these initial facts are that the world came into being, that the world is contingent in that it could have been other than it is, or that certain beings or events in the world are causally dependent or contingent.<ref name=sca>[http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/cosmological-argument/ Cosmological argument] by Bruce Reichenbach. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2008</ref>|}} | {{cquote|It uses a general pattern of argumentation (logos) that makes an inference from certain alleged facts about the world (cosmos) to the existence of a unique being, generally identified with or referred to as God. Among these initial facts are that the world came into being, that the world is contingent in that it could have been other than it is, or that certain beings or events in the world are causally dependent or contingent.<ref name=sca>[http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/cosmological-argument/ Cosmological argument] by Bruce Reichenbach. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2008</ref>|}} | ||
