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The cosmological proofs afford an eternal, independent, first cause.  The teleological proofs invest said cause with intelligence as evidenced by the rational and final construction of things.

Building upon these, we may infer the attributes of this creator from the immaterial attributes of humanity—hence, anthropological proofs.  For, if, as the teleological proof affords, inference from rational and final construction implies an intelligent cause for the same, it is no stretch to infer a necessary cause for the powers and forces which attempt to govern the height of creation—humanity.

“The immaterial part of man, which embodies the elements of life, intellect, sensibility, will, conscience, and an inherent belief in God, presents even a more insistent demand for an adequate cause. ...the intelligence of man with its acheivements in discovery, invention, science, literature, and art, exacts with relentless requisition an adequate cause.  Similarly, and under the same unyielding compulsion, both sesibility and will, with their transcendent capacities, demand a worthy cause.  And finally, the conscience as well as the inherent belief in God can be accounted for on no other ground than that man has come forth from One who possesses all these attributes to an infinite degree.  A blind force, however exceptional it may be, could never produce a man with intellect, sensibility, will, conscience, and inherent belief in a Creator.  The product of a blind force will never betake itself to the pursuit of art and science, and the worship of God.” (Chafer)

“Man, as an effect, can be referred only to a cause possessing self-consciousness and a moral nature, in other words, personality....” (Strong)