2. In your opinion, did Saint Aquinas successfully, or unsuccessfully, prove God's existence using the Five Proofs? Which one of these proofs do you think most clearly supports the possibility that He exists?
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
4 comments:
Good point Andrew! Just out of curiosity, are there any other proofs that you think possibly prove God's existence?
Yes, the Argument of the Unmoved Mover also proves the existence of God. It states that since objects are in motion, someone had to make the first move, meaning move the first object to make other objects move. As stated in Newton's First Law of motion, an object at rest will remain at rest unless acted upon by an equal or greater force. This means that in order for there to be movement, a different and opposing force must be causing the movement. There would have never been any movement if one thing had not moved the first object(s).
Andrew, I agree with you completely! The first proof (the Unmoved Mover) does state that things had to have been put into motion by someone or something, and therefore, God was that mover.
thanks!
Post a Comment