Explained: If you found something, it'd be bizarre to think it just randomly existed. Everything that exists has an explanation of it's existence, either in necessity (numbers, abstract objects, sets) or from a cause (people, mountains, planets, galaxies). The universe must have an explanation too, and it must be an external (the cause can't have been within the universe because it created the universe), transcendent (the cause created space and time, so it must be beyond both) cause. The cause must either be abstract like a number or an intelligent mind. The cause can't be abstract because abstract things have no effect on real life things (e.g. the number 7 cannot create or destroy anything, it has no effect on anything). Therefore, the cause of the universe must be an intelligent mind.
My Opinion: I like this argument, I think it's pretty solid. Everything is logical and not based on assumptions, but abstract ideas always confuse me so it isn't the most straightforward argument.
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