Aquinas reasons for God’s existence
Aquinas gives five arguments for God’s existence. Of these five I will analyze the first two. The first two arguments are very sound and have very few holes. In my opinion, they provide very strong arguments and overwhelming points to seriously consider the existence of God. The first argument discusses the theory of motion, and how everything in the universe was put into motion, and without a first mover there would be no motion. For that first mover to exist however, it must have be transcendent and infinite, the first mover could not have had a creator. The second reason is “from the nature of the efficient cause” (152). Aquinas states that “There is no case known in which a thing is found to be the efficient …show more content…
I would say to throw God out of the equation when considering the origins of the universe is quite ignorant, especially when examining all the evidence. However, that being said, science is quite limited; it can only examine what is physical and what can be observed naturally, it can not factor the supernatural into the equation; but this is not a reason to say that the supernatural can not exist. Just because something is outside our comprehension does not mean it can not be; an analogy ill use is this, if you were to go back in time to 1673 as an example, and put a radio in front of Isaac Newton and said “this machine right here can catch soundwaves” I think I can safely say that Isaac Newton would not be able to begin to imagine how that would be possible or even comprehend that; but does that mean it is not possible? No, because we know it is not, but it would have been outside his comprehension because he could not yet understand it. Is this not how it could be with God to us, we simply can not comprehend him because our minds simply don’t have the capacity. Isaiah 55:9 says "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” It is simply foolish to attempt to make assumptions on the limits of God or a supernatural creator based on our own human limits, especially when considering that he Created the Universe, which would mean he is outside of time and space and therefore not limited to it as we are. As stated before, I think Aquinas provides rational evidence for the existence of God which must be considered when looking at the origins of our universe and the cause of
Aquinas gives five arguments for God’s existence. Of these five I will analyze the first two. The first two arguments are very sound and have very few holes. In my opinion, they provide very strong arguments and overwhelming points to seriously consider the existence of God. The first argument discusses the theory of motion, and how everything in the universe was put into motion, and without a first mover there would be no motion. For that first mover to exist however, it must have be transcendent and infinite, the first mover could not have had a creator. The second reason is “from the nature of the efficient cause” (152). Aquinas states that “There is no case known in which a thing is found to be the efficient …show more content…
I would say to throw God out of the equation when considering the origins of the universe is quite ignorant, especially when examining all the evidence. However, that being said, science is quite limited; it can only examine what is physical and what can be observed naturally, it can not factor the supernatural into the equation; but this is not a reason to say that the supernatural can not exist. Just because something is outside our comprehension does not mean it can not be; an analogy ill use is this, if you were to go back in time to 1673 as an example, and put a radio in front of Isaac Newton and said “this machine right here can catch soundwaves” I think I can safely say that Isaac Newton would not be able to begin to imagine how that would be possible or even comprehend that; but does that mean it is not possible? No, because we know it is not, but it would have been outside his comprehension because he could not yet understand it. Is this not how it could be with God to us, we simply can not comprehend him because our minds simply don’t have the capacity. Isaiah 55:9 says "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” It is simply foolish to attempt to make assumptions on the limits of God or a supernatural creator based on our own human limits, especially when considering that he Created the Universe, which would mean he is outside of time and space and therefore not limited to it as we are. As stated before, I think Aquinas provides rational evidence for the existence of God which must be considered when looking at the origins of our universe and the cause of