Analysis Of The Cosmological Argument

Has the thought of the universes existence ever crossed your mind? How about how did it get here, or whom could have created such a complex environment? This is a thought that many philosophers have debated about. A famous philosopher in the seventeenth through eighteenth century named, Gottfriend Wilhem Leibniz, best explained the principle of sufficient reason (PSR) as “an adequate reason to account for the existence and nature of everything that could conceivably not exist.” (“Principle of Sufficient Reason,” 1998) The whole concept of this theory is that the universe did not just “poof” appear on its own. On the contrary, the universe had to have had something or someone magnificently powerful enough to create such thing. Many people are raised to believe in a God or some sort of religion. For centuries, it is …show more content…
The cosmological argument supports by initiating that something (God or a creature of such power) had to have created something as big as a universe. Since this creature created the universe, it can not be included in the universe. Think of it like this, picture an artist sitting down creating a picture of a village. This village will include several things, it will have houses and people, but it will not include the artist. Why? The artist in this case would be a God creating its universe. The artist could not possibly be included in this because of how powerful it is. We hear rumors of how God is so powerful, but we can never see him. We know that God created these things and works wonders and miracles, but we have never been able to come back to tell if he exists. A kid depends on its mother and father for support. The mother or father has to depend on their jobs for support to provide. This is a cycle that the universe and everything in it has to depends on. Therefore, if everything depends on the universe, whom does the universe depend