The First-Cause Argument for God (Apologetics for Teens Part 1)

The first-cause argument for God’s existence, often called the “cosmological argument,” says that God exists because the universe had a beginning. If the universe had a beginning, then the universe needs a first cause. In fact, there have been many first-cause arguments made by philosophers in different cultures, such as Aristotle’s unmoved mover. Based on the evidence from modern scientific discoveries, such as Einstein's general theory of relativity and Hubble's red-shift observation, scientists agree that the universe did have a beginning. Since the universe began to exist, then the universe must have a cause. But what is this cause? From the first-cause argument, we can infer that this cause is God.

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0:00 Why Even Study Reasons and Evidence for Faith?
6:41 What is Apologetics?
14:55 Three Steps in My Apologetic Method
18:26 History of the First-Cause Argument for God
26:50 Modern Scholars Who Defend the First-Cause Argument
34:51 Defending the Premises of the First-Cause Argument
42:58 Evidence that the Universe Had a Beginning
49:19 The Big Bang Theory
54:12 How Does This Point to God?