Intelligent design
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dobs, first of all, the Uncaused-First-Cause argument is not scientific per se, even though it's consistant with scientific discovery (i.e. the Big Bang). It's a theological/philosophical argument. As I've stated, ID is about observing specified and irreducible complexity in biological systems. It does not identify who or what the designer is. That is for theologians and philosiphers to debate.
That being said, the Uncaused Cause argument, in a nutshell, goes like this:
1. The universe (including time itself) can be shown to have had a beginning.
2. It is unreasonable to believe something could BEGIN to exist without a cause. The universe therefore requires a cause.
3. God, as creator of time, is outside of time. Since therefore He has no beginning in time, He has always existed, so doesn’t need a cause.
Hence, God is the Uncaused First Cause.