Apologetical Causation Argument
Since the dawn of life, man has pondered the meaning of his existence. Where did he come from? How did he get here? How was the universe formed? With respect to the previous questions, there are two primary sides taken in the age-old debate. There are the creationists and the non-creationists. The creationists believe there is an omnipotent creator of the universe whereas the non-creationists believe there is no creator, but that the universe simply formed over a billion processes stemming from some cataclysmic event (i.e. the "Big Bang"). Over the years, the creationists have gained the upper hand in the debate via the Causal Argument. "The Causal Argument states that there are contingent and necessary objects, all contingent objects have a cause, and the universe is contingent meaning that it must have a cause" (Thompson 125).
"First, there are two types of existing objects: contingent and necessary" (Geisler 245). Contingent simply......
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