by Peter Kreeft, Fundamentals of the Faith, ch. 3.

If there is no first cause [of the universe, God], then the universe is like a great chain with many links; each link is held up by the link above it, but the whole chain is held up by nothing. If there is no first cause, then the universe is like a railroad train moving without an engine. Each car's motion is explained proximately by the motion of the car in front of it: the caboose moves because the cattle car pulls it, the boxcar moves because the cattle car pulls it, et cetera. But there is no engine to pull the first car and the whole train. That would be impossible, of course. But that is what the universe is like if there is no first cause [God]: impossible.

by Peter Kreeft, Fundamentals of the Faith, ch. 2.

Why must we believe...that all design implies a designer?...[Alright.] For instance, suppose you came upon a deserted island and found "S.O.S." written in the sand on the beach. You would not think the wind or the waves had written it by mere chance but that someone had been there, someone intelligent enough to design and write the message. If you found a stone hut on the island with windows, doors, and a fireplace, you would not think a hurricane had piled up the stones that way by chance. You immediately infer a designer when you see design...

The human brain is the most complex piece of design in the known universe. In many ways it is like a computer. Now just suppose there were a computer that was programmed only by chance. For instance..by a random fall of hailstones on its keyboard or by a baseball player in spiked shoes dancing on computer cards...

If there is intelligence in the effect (man), there must be intelligence in the cause [God]. [Therefore, an intelligent cause of the universe exists.]

by Luke Wadel

Objection 1: Alfred Ayer and Bertrand Russell are absolute experts in language. And they do not see that the word "God" or "cause" means anything.
Reply: I guess they are quite the language experts. Perhaps they can convince me that they have just cause to maintain the word "God" or "cause" is without meaning.

Objection 2: "Designer!" Man makes God in his own image.
Reply: What, with whiskers! Perhaps it is your physics that makes you think this about theologians? Or what?

Objection 3: There is evil in the universe. What a wicked designer.
Reply: Let us be careful not to make God in our own image. The answer to this is available here.

Other objections and their replies can be found by clicking on the numbers of premises 1, 6, and 7 on the preceding page.

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