God as First Cause

Establishing God as the instigator of the Big Bang, and thus, the Universe, requires an inductive approach. The evidence may indicate the Universe had a beginning but not what caused it. And, positing God as the instigator must also address his origin.

In other words, what caused God?

The bottom line is that a thing that exists either:

a. had a beginning and is caused, or
b. has always existed and is uncaused

The inductive approach starts with the conclusion from the Cosmological argument that the Universe had a beginning. However, the cause of the Universe can not be another thing that had a beginning because that would lead to an infinite number of causes.

Therefore, reason requires a First Cause that is uncreated and eternal (exists outside of time). Keep in mind that the Cosmological argument doesn't state “every thing that exists has a cause”, but rather, "everything that begins to exist has a cause”.

Since the First Cause never began to exist, it does not require a cause. Thus, no one created the First Cause - it has always existed. This means the First Cause is:

1. self-existent
2. exists outside of time
3. inconceivably powerful to birth the Universe

Since, these qualities are the same qualities theists attribute to God, therefore, the First Cause is God.