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- St. Thomas Aquinas:
- Proofs for the existence of God
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- There is motion in the world (neutrons, electrons, the planet it self….
- Anything in motion had to be set in motion by something or Someone else
- First mover, unmoved mover: This must be God
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- All created things have a cause
- But if we go back far enough there must be a “First Cause” or uncaused
cause
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- All things have to be created
by someone or something
- So, there must be some being who always existed and brought all else
into existence
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- All people and things have qualities such as truth, goodness, beauty ….
- In order to have different degrees of qualities, there must be some
perfect model to compare to
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- There is a design to life, persons, the planet, physical laws, etc. that
cannot be explained by random happening
- Must have been a grand “law maker”
- How did we get here?
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