Arguments Against Thomistic philosophy

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Do you or some other atheist have a good argument for how the First Cause (or Prime Mover) could be something other than God.

I see First Cause as a contradiction in terms.  "Cause" indicates the ability to take an action, but action requires energy; therefore, energy had to exist before the alleged First Cause acted.

"Second Cause" might be the closest you can get to a creator-god.  Creation from nothingness is absurd because creation would require energy, and energy isn't nothingness.

Preach it sister!

That's why I view God as preternatural authority and not a supernatural Omni. I mean, if God made nature using nature(energy) then why would He have to exist outside of anything made to be that authority? Can't He be authority within the bounds of His established makings?

I don't make many friends when I say such things--theist or atheist.