The cosmological argument, or the first cause argument, centers around the belief that the universe had a first cause. ... The word cosmos refers to the universe as a well ordered system, a belief this argument rests upon. ... The rejection of actual infinities is based upon the reasoning that there have been none discovered in the physical universe and their complex properties make then almost inconceivable. ... Hume went further to say that even if there was a beginning it did not mean there had to be a cause., Hume argued that it is possible to imagine something coming into beginning withou...

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Now Natural Theology is our knowledge of God that one ascertains through natural reasoning, or reasoning that is unaided by special revelations. ... Another problem with the Ontological Argument is the belief that existence is a real predicate. ... The first disagreement against the Teleological Argument comes to us from David Hume, who actually lived 100 years before William Paley. Hume looked at the idea that the universe is completely like the human designed objects being utilized in this type of argument. ... Second, Hume indicates that we need to compare this universe to another to see if...

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