Platonic View of God, Cosmological Argument, Part One

The arguments traditionally used to prove God's existence are the cosmological argument, the teleological argument, the moral argument and the ontological argument. Respectively, these are the arguments from the cosmos, from design, from moral law and from the idea of an absolute perfect being.

Forms of the Argument:

There are two basic forms of the cosmological arguments: the horizontal or kalam cosmological argument and the vertical. The horizontal cosmological argument reasons back to a Cause of the beginning of the universe. The vertical cosmological argument reasons from the being of the universe as it now exists. The former, explaining how the universe came to be, was championed by Bonaventure (1221-1274). The latter, explaining how it continues to be, flows from Thomas Aquinas (1224-1274). The first calls for an originating Cause, and the latter for a sustainable Cause. Forms of the cosmological argument combine both dimensions.

I know this is deep so I will end here. I will write more on this topic. May you learn.