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Part A Explain the cosmological argument from Aquinas and Copleston. The cosmological argument is an argument for the existence of God. It is also known as the first cause argument. The cosmological argument is an a posteriori argument because it is based on what can be seen in the world and the universe. It is based on the belief that there is a first cause behind the existence of the universe. The cosmological argument seems to answer the three questions; How did the universe being? Why was the universe created? And Who created the universe? The basic argument is that things come into existence because something has caused them to happen. There is a chain of causes that goes back to the beginning of time. Time began with the creation of the universe so there must have been a first cause which brought the universe into existence. This first cause must have...

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