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| quote = ... Dawkins writes that Aquinas "makes the entirely unwarranted ''assumption'' that God is immune to the regress." ... But Aquinas makes no such assumption, and thus none that could be unwarranted. It is the ''conclusion'' of his argument that causes in nature cannot form an infinite series.}}</ref>|group=note}}, popular in [[philosophy]], [[theology]], and orthodox science (historically known also as Natural Philosophy) that, since everything that happens must have a [[Cause and effect|cause]], everything is traceable back to a first cause, usually referred to as [[God]]. For example, [[Newton]] is quoted as saying, ''"[[Gravity]] explains the motions of the [[planet]]s, but it cannot explain who set the planets in motion. God governs all things and knows all that is or can be done."''<ref>{{cite web |author=Christine Dao |title=Man of Science, Man of God: Isaac Newton |publisher= Institute for Creation Research |url=http://www.icr.org/article/newton/ |accessdate= December 14, 2014}}</ref> According to [[T.G. Masaryk]], without a first cause, without the first Creator and the mover, we cannot understand the formation, movement and development of the world.<ref name="Masaryk"/> This is the very essence of so called [[Arguments_for_the_existence_of_God#Cosmological_arguments|cosmological argument]], mentioned in the ''[[Summa Theologica|Summa]]''{{#tag:ref|''Article 3'' of ''Question 2'': "The existence of God."|group=note}} by [[Aquinas]], where he addresses the question whether God exists.<ref name="Devils"/> Together with [[Teleological argument]] they are regarded for the strongest [[proof]] and/or rational arguments for accceptance of exitence of [[Creator]]. The [[hypothesis]] of God existence, also referred to as [[theism]], is for [[science]] a hypothesis,  

| quote = ... Dawkins writes that Aquinas "makes the entirely unwarranted ''assumption'' that God is immune to the regress." ... But Aquinas makes no such assumption, and thus none that could be unwarranted. It is the ''conclusion'' of his argument that causes in nature cannot form an infinite series.}}</ref>|group=note}}, popular in [[philosophy]], [[theology]], and orthodox science (historically known also as Natural Philosophy) that, since everything that happens must have a [[Cause and effect|cause]], everything is traceable back to a first cause, usually referred to as [[God]]. For example, [[Newton]] is quoted as saying, ''"[[Gravity]] explains the motions of the [[planet]]s, but it cannot explain who set the planets in motion. God governs all things and knows all that is or can be done."''<ref>{{cite web |author=Christine Dao |title=Man of Science, Man of God: Isaac Newton |publisher= Institute for Creation Research |url=http://www.icr.org/article/newton/ |accessdate= December 14, 2014}}</ref> According to [[T.G. Masaryk]], without a first cause, without the first Creator and the mover, we cannot understand the formation, movement and development of the world.<ref name="Masaryk"/> This is the very essence of so called [[Arguments_for_the_existence_of_God#Cosmological_arguments|cosmological argument]], mentioned in the ''[[Summa Theologica|Summa]]''{{#tag:ref|''Article 3'' of ''Question 2'': "The existence of God."|group=note}} by [[Aquinas]], where he addresses the question whether God exists.<ref name="Devils"/> Together with [[Teleological argument]] they are regarded for the strongest [[proof]] and/or rational arguments for acceptance of existence of [[Creator]]. The [[hypothesis]] of God existence, also referred to as [[theism]], is for [[science]] a hypothesis,  

which is according to the requirement of the [[logic]] [[Occam's razor|simpler]], and therefore [[Inference to the Best Explanation|more justified]] than any other hypotheses.<ref name="Masaryk"/>  

which is according to the requirement of the [[logic]] [[Occam's razor|simpler]], and therefore [[Inference to the Best Explanation|more justified]] than any other hypotheses.<ref name="Masaryk"/>  

== The first cause argument ==

== The first cause argument ==

The first cause argument was presented by evangelical Christian philosopher T.Miethe in version resting on following premises:

The first cause argument was presented by evangelical Christian philosopher T. Miethe in version resting on following premises:

*Some limited, changing being(s) exist.

*Some limited, changing being(s) exist.

*The present existence of every limited, changing being is caused by another.  

*The present existence of every limited, changing being is caused by another.