Cosmological argument: existance of God (AQA)

Cosmological argument

Cosmological argument is a posteriori arguing that the existence of the universe requires a cause which is God

Aquinas first cause

Everything has a cause, you cant have an infinite regress of causes therefore there must be a first uncaused cause which is God

Contingency argument

Everything in the universe is contingent, if everything were contingent there must be a time where nothing existed but something exists so there must be a necessary being

Strength

Based on real world experiences so its not just logic

David Hume criticism

We cant assume everything has a cause and the universe might just exist as a brute fact

Kant criticism

Idea of a necessary being is flawed and existence is not a property you can assign