The Cause Doesn't Have to Be God!

When confronted with the cosmological argument, some atheists will grant that the universe has a cause but then argue that the cause doesn't have to be God.

We can deduce some attributes of the 'first cause':

• If all matter came into existence at the start of the universe, then the cause of the universe must be immaterial.
• If all space came into existence at the start of the universe, then the cause of the universe must be spaceless.
• If all time came into existence at the start of the universe, then the cause of the universe must be timeless.
• If the universe came into existence, then the cause of the universe must be powerful enough to create a universe.
• If the universe came into existence at the starting point of time, then the cause of the universe must be volitional (having the ability to make choices).

Craig illustrates, in his debate with Dr. Lewis Wolpert, quite cleverly (and with some hilarity), why the cause of the universe must be God by virtue of the properties attributed to it!