Cosmological Argument Theory

In this research paper I will be discussing and comparing two theories of whether or not God exists. First I will discuss Atheism, and then I will discuss the Cosmological Argument theory. I am going to compare the two theories and show you why I do not believe in the atheism theory and believe in the cosmological argument theory. I am a firm believer that there is a God and we are here on earth for a reason. To begin, according to the textbook, atheism denies the major claims of all varieties of theism. (Textbook p.294) In the words of atheist Ernest Nagel, “Atheism denies the existence…of a self-consistent, omnipotent, omniscient, righteous and benevolent being who is distinct from and independent of what has been created.”(Textbook p.294)
The Christian philosopher Saint Thomas Aquinas started the theory that if any object in the universe is moving, it must have been moved by something else that was also moving, and this second moving object must have been moved by something else that was also moving, and this must have been moved by a fourth moving object, and this by a fifth, and so on. (Textbook p.284) Aquinas believed there must be someone who started this chain of motion; therefore, there must be a God. There has been recent scientific evidence that suggests the universe began with the “big bang.” The “big bang theory” is a theory that billions of years ago, the universe began as an infinitesimal point that exploded suddenly into a huge ball of matter and that has continued exploding outward to form the gigantic universe we see around us. (Textbook p.285) I believe in the “big bang theory” and think it points to scientific proof that God does exist. There is proof today that the planets of the universe are gradually moving farther apart as time passes. This is proof that the “big bang theory” is true. With this being true it is proof that the earth has only been around for a few billion years and that it had a definite beginning. And only an infinitely powerful Being-God-can account for this beginning of the universe. (Textbook
While atheists do not believe in the existence of a God, they do believe that the happiness or unhappiness produced by an action determines its morality. I find that this belief goes along with that of someone who believes in a God, they just go about it in a different way. Most religions teach that if you do something bad it is immoral and against Gods teachings, while the atheist are still against committing immoral acts even though they do not fear Gods wrath. I find this to be fascinating. How do they comprehend what is good or evil if they do not believe in a higher being? I believe that we are made in Gods image, and he instills in us the ability to know when we do something wrong, and this is where guilt comes from. The atheists have stated that they don’t believe in committing immoral acts, but how do they know the acts are immoral if God hasn’t told them so? This is just another reason why I believe in the cosmological argument. The cosmological argument gives scientific evidence that there is a higher being and this gives me a solid foundation of beliefs for why there is a God and why we as humans behave the way we do. Atheists have no explanation as to why we are here and no foundation of beliefs that can reasonably explain our purpose as to being on earth. We are not here just to be here, we have a purpose. God has put