This process cannot go on forever. Therefore there must be a first cause that is not caused by anything and contains in itself the sufficient reason for its existence. (Rice, 1983) The first cause is God. Next, Necessity. Man cannot create something from nothing. Every idea you have, no matter how creative you are, must have been inspired from some sort of thing you've seen somewhere or somehow. So 'something' must have created 'something and nothing can create 'something'. There must have always been some kind of existence, and that existence is God. If there was ever a time when there was nothing at all, then there could never be anything since there was nothing in the very beginning. The second last point for Thomas Aquinas' cosmological argument is Perfection. Every day, we as humans like to judge people. Whether it's for beauty, knowledge or goodness, we must be able to have something to define the word 'perfection'. We need something to compare other people to. And the standard of perfection is God. Last but not least, Design. The final proof for Aquinas' argument has to do with the universe and the order of nature. Thomas Aquinas stated that it is common sense that the universe works in such a way and that one can conclude that it was designed by an intelligent designer. All physical laws and the order of nature and life were all designed and ordered. That intelligent designer of everything is God. (Rice, 1983).
The second argument for my essay is similar to one of Aquinas' arguments on design, but looks more deeply into the term. It is Paley's "watch" teleological argument. A watch has an absolutely amazing design with hundreds of pieces put together. Nobody could possibly believe that watches just 'fell together' for no reason. Someone must have put the pieces together to make the whole watch. For watches, that would be the watch maker. For the world, our bodies, the universe, the designer is God.