Ca

Question 1

Strengths of ca

Answer 1

• uses reason to support everything has a cause, uses empirical evidence of cause and effect
• aligns with Christian view of g - creator, omnipotent
• Swinburne : believes existence of nothing is most logical explanation but must be explanation so god is most logical “to have nothing would be a more likely affair”

Question 2

1st way quotes

Answer 2

“This cannot go on to infinity because then there would be no first mover”

Question 3

2nd way quote

Answer 3

“There is no case known … in which a thing is found to be the eff cause of itself

Question 4

3rd way quote

Answer 4

“If everything is possible not to be then at one time there could have been nothing in existence”