Cosmological Argument

The cosmological argument has been used for centuries to appeal to the existence of God, dating back to around 350 BC. Versions have been found in Plato’s Laws, 893-96, Aristotle’s Physics (VIII, 4-6), and Aristotle’s Metaphysics (XII, 1-6). St. Thomas Aquinas, a Dominican priest, theologian, and philosopher, also included his version of the argument in Summa Theologica, along with four other contentions for the existence of God. The argument has been reasserted by Enlightenment writers such as Georg Wilhelm Leibniz and Samuel Clark, as well as criticized by 18th century philosophers such as David Hume and Immanuel Kant (Reichenbach).
Although there are various adaptations of the cosmological argument, each differing slightly, the basic premises
By definition He is the Creator of the entire universe, including time, logic, and natural laws (New International Version, Is. 40.28). It would be impossible for a creator to be limited by his own creation, so therefore God is not limited by time, logic, natural laws, or anything at all. This means that although infinities seem impossible in the natural world, as I will discuss later in the writing, time is not an issue for God. He states in The Bible, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End” (New International Version, Rev. 22.13), reiterating that He has existed for all eternity and will continue to exist. All the same, this seems like a rather difficult concept for us as mortals to comprehend. We do not have examples of anything infinite or eternal in our world, as I will discuss in further detail later on, so it is hard for us to imagine anything having such a quality. God explains in The Bible, however, that His ways and thoughts are higher than our own (New International Version, Is. 55.9). We are not meant to comprehend everything at the moment, but we are promised understanding in the future (New International Version, 1 Cor.