Re: How do atheist\\scientists account for Thomas Aquinas?
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Thus it is necessary to posit some first efficient cause, which everyone calls "God."
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Some people call it the big bang. EDIT: Let me also comment that first cause arguments seem extremely weak. Why is God exempt from the requirement of being caused, and if you're going to assume that you can have something exempt of that requirement, then the argument is pointless in the first place as you could just as well choose something else.
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Yes, the big bang. But what caused the big bang? And what caused that which caused the big bang? The point is clear that there has to be something that was the first cause, and since it is the first cause, it could not have been caused itself - i.e. it must have always existed. You can arbitrarily call this thing whatever you like: Aquinas calls it God.
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