Cause and Purpose in Nature
Every event in nature appears either to have a specific cause or to be directed toward a particular end. Consider a seed: it grows into a plant because it harbors the potential to do so, exhibiting both an initiating cause (the seed’s inherent qualities and external conditions) and a final purpose (maturity and reproduction). This pattern suggests that the universe operates according to non-random principles. If all natural phenomena consistently demonstrate causal relationships or purposeful progression, it is reasonable to infer that there must be an underlying order—a first cause or prime mover—responsible for such systematic behavior.