| The first cause explains the existence of everything. | | | | something, while God is regarded as something |
| Aquinas considers God to be this first cause. The first | | | | abstract. |
| cause does not prove that God exists; it is only | | | | The properties of matter can be used as the suitable |
| supposed to be God. Speaking about Aquinas's theory, | | | | conclusion of Aquinas's theory of God. There is no |
| is it possible not to put matter in God's place and state | | | | need to explain what God is and no place may be |
| that there is an efficient cause? The theory about the | | | | given for God in the discussion of the nature of matter. |
| existence of matter is as plausible as the theory about | | | | Hence, the best explanation is that God does not |
| the existence of God. Matter is finite, having no | | | | subsist as the first cause. |
| beginning and end. In fact, the theory about the matter | | | | Not only matter is the easiest idea to understand what |
| is an easier idea to believe in the existence of God. | | | | God is, it is also a great dive of belief to consider |
| The question of the belief is rather disputable as | | | | everything as the first cause. On the other hand, if |
| everyone has his own idea of God, but almost | | | | there is a concept that everything has its first efficient |
| everybody understands the idea of matter. Matter is | | | | cause, why God is supposed to be that very cause, |
| around us, people interact with it every day moreover, | | | | as God is the most abstract? Matter may be even |
| everything consists of the matter. So, the | | | | more suitable to fit in the explanation of the first cause, |
| understanding of matter is not trivial as it may seem | | | | because people have better understanding of matter |
| from the first sight. Matter can be associated with | | | | than of God. |