We find more evidence for the Cosmological Argument when we observe how well the characteristics of our “first cause” (of the universe) align with those we associate with God. As Geisler and Turek specify, the First Cause must be:
- Self-existent, timeless, non-spatial, and immaterial (since the First Cause created time, space, and matter, the First Cause must be outside of time, space, and matter). In other words, without limits, or infinite.
- Unimaginably powerful, able to create the entire universe out of nothing.
- Supremely intelligent, able to design the universe with incredible precision (we’ll delve into more on this later).
- Personal, in order to choose to convert a state of nothingness into the time-space-material universe (an impersonal force has no ability to make choices).