The cosmological argument is the notion that God created the universe and that there is always a cause and an effect. The three main parts to the cosmological argument is the uncaused cause, unmoved mover and possibility and necessity/possibility and contingency. There are 5 ways in Aquinas's version of the cosmological argument, however I'm only discussing the 3 that I stated as they are the main parts of the argument as urban dictionary only let's me type a limited quantity of characters.
Uncaused cause (4 premises and a conclusion)
• Everything has a cause
•Every cause has a cause
• This cannot go back forever
•Therefore there must be an uncaused cause which doesn't have a cause.
•The uncaused cause is what we understand as God
Unmoved mover (2 premises and a conclusion)
•Everything that has been moved by something and that mover has been moved by something else.
•This chain cannot go back forever or movement would not have started in the first place.
•Therefore there must be an unmoved mover which isn't itself moved. This unmoved mover must be God
Possibility and necessity/possibility and contingency:
This one is simple. A contingent being is a being which needs a cause and a necessary being is the opposite meaning a being doesn't need a cause. It is believed that God is the necessary being who created the world.
Uncaused cause (4 premises and a conclusion)
• Everything has a cause
•Every cause has a cause
• This cannot go back forever
•Therefore there must be an uncaused cause which doesn't have a cause.
•The uncaused cause is what we understand as God
Unmoved mover (2 premises and a conclusion)
•Everything that has been moved by something and that mover has been moved by something else.
•This chain cannot go back forever or movement would not have started in the first place.
•Therefore there must be an unmoved mover which isn't itself moved. This unmoved mover must be God
Possibility and necessity/possibility and contingency:
This one is simple. A contingent being is a being which needs a cause and a necessary being is the opposite meaning a being doesn't need a cause. It is believed that God is the necessary being who created the world.
Now that you know the fundamentals of the cosmological argument, read up the teleological argument (the argument from design)
by UltimateDoge July 20, 2021
Get the Cosmological argumentmug. When you have an irrational argument over something miniscule and then realize how pointless it was afterwards.
by Jarl Memesupremeson September 3, 2016
Get the 2 dollar argumentmug. Someone who does not know how to use the term strongman argument right when a straw man argument is supposed to be someone pretending to answer with facts but really not answering the question at all
Example a Pinocchio's argument is where one who is listing facts gets told by the other person that's a straw man argument even though facts were presented and a straw man argument cannot exist when there's facts presented because I true straw man argument is it's bad because it's bad with no facts given. However someone using the Pinocchio's argument is just ignoring the facts and pretending there is a straw man argument when it doesn't fit the criteria for a straw man argument. In other words the pretending and lying and misusing it just to win an argument because in their eyes it's not about whether the right or wrong it's just whether they win. Hence the Pinocchio's argument
by Meganfan1987 May 8, 2023
Get the Pinocchio's argumentmug. by Lil queif January 23, 2020
Get the counter argumentmug. An argument in which a person with an absurdly high IQ taunts another person, whose IQ is slightly (but significantly) lower, until the latter person cracks and storms out in a fit of anger (usually takes all of 30 seconds)
Fiona: Man, did you see Jono storm out of here before?
Hannah: Yeah, don't worry about that, we just had a Jono Argument
Hannah: Yeah, don't worry about that, we just had a Jono Argument
by hbenns November 28, 2014
Get the Jono Argumentmug. Example of an argument:
Person 1 "all im saying is that if enough crows worked together they could pickup a light baby and cary it into the sky"
Person 2 *leaves all the groceries they were going to buy and runs out of the store*
Person 1 *runs at inhuman speeds alongside person 2 as they get in there car and drive away
Person 2 "how can you run that fast"
*starts to sob*
Person 1 "I bet it would only be like 8 crows to cary a newborn child"
Person 2 "please god, help me, why are you doing this"
Person 2 *starts to wake up*
Person 2 *sits up in bed covered in sweat*
Person 1 *muffled* "I'm sure the crows *opens closet door* would b-
Person 2 *Screams*
Person 1 "all im saying is that if enough crows worked together they could pickup a light baby and cary it into the sky"
Person 2 *leaves all the groceries they were going to buy and runs out of the store*
Person 1 *runs at inhuman speeds alongside person 2 as they get in there car and drive away
Person 2 "how can you run that fast"
*starts to sob*
Person 1 "I bet it would only be like 8 crows to cary a newborn child"
Person 2 "please god, help me, why are you doing this"
Person 2 *starts to wake up*
Person 2 *sits up in bed covered in sweat*
Person 1 *muffled* "I'm sure the crows *opens closet door* would b-
Person 2 *Screams*
by 0987652431 July 30, 2022
Get the Argumentmug. Words people use in arguments when they don't actually know what it means; or a word someone uses as an excuse or to accuse someone. Often said by people who saw a word used by another person and not even going as far to search what it means.
by Existential Pain November 26, 2021
Get the argument wordmug.