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'''21.''' [[Transcendental argument for the existence of God|Transcendental Argument for the Existence of God]]
 
'''21.''' [[Transcendental argument for the existence of God|Transcendental Argument for the Existence of God]]
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== Thomas Aquinas' five proofs for the existence of God in Summa Theologica ==
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Thomas Aquinas' five proofs for the existence of God in Summa Theologica are:
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[[File:Watches have a purpose.png|thumbnail|400px|William Paley was an advocate of the [[teleological argument]].
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One of the most famous statements about the teleological argument using the watchmaker analogy was given by William Paley in his 1802 book ''Natural Theology or Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity''.<ref>[http://www.wmcarey.edu/carey/paley/ William Paley - William Carey University]</ref>]]
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'''1.''' Argument of motion: All bodies are either moving or have the potential to move
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'''2.''' Argument of causation: Also known as the argument of efficient cause
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'''3.''' Argument of contingency vs. necessity: Also known as the argument of possibility and necessity
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'''4.''' Argument of perfection: Also known as the argument of gradation (Degrees of perfection in the world implies the existence of a supreme, perfect being (God) that is the ultimate standard for all perfection)
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'''5.''' Argument of design: Also known as the [[teleological argument]]
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=== Thomas Aquinas' five proofs for the existence of God in Summa Theologica ===
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*[https://home.csulb.edu/~cwallis/100/aquinas.html Thomas Aquinas' Five Ways to Prove the Existence of God]
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*[https://open.library.okstate.edu/introphilosophy/chapter/aquinass-five-proofs-for-the-existence-of-god/ Aquinas’s Five Proofs for the Existence of God]
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Videos:
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*[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbjmSS6LZDGrcsHGufs7wiGFzj3FQsMo3 Five proofs for the existence of God in Summa Theologica - video playlist], Video playlist
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== Christianity and logic ==
 
== Christianity and logic ==

Revision as of 05:21, February 9, 2025

The first law of thermodynamics and the second law of thermodynamics point to a divine origin of the universe.[1][2][3]

Logical arguments for the existence of God:

1. Scientific laws and the Origin of the Universe and God and Natural Laws

2. Argument from Change

3. Argument from Efficient Causality

4. Argument from Time and Contingency

5. Argument from Contingency

6. Argument from Degrees of Perfection

7. Design Argument

8. Kalam Cosmological Argument and Cosmological Arguments

9. Argument from the World as an Interacting Whole

10. Argument from Miracles

11. The Argument from Consciousness for the Existence of God and Argument from Reason

12. Argument from Truth - Gordon Clark and Argument from Truth - Augustine and Argument from Truth - Peter Kreeft

13. The Argument from the Origin of the Idea of God

14. Ontological argument and Ontological Argument - Alvin Plantinga

15. The Moral Argument and The Moral Argument - Paul Copan and Atheist population and immorality

16. Argument from Conscience

17. Argument from desire and Argument from Desire - C.S. Lewis Institute and God as the ultimate cause of gratitude

18. Aesthetic Arguments for the Existence of God and Argument from beauty

19. Swinburne's Argument from Religious Experience

The argument from beauty does not rely on words and it cannot be defeated by words.[4]

20, Common Consent Argument

21. Transcendental Argument for the Existence of God

Thomas Aquinas' five proofs for the existence of God in Summa Theologica

Thomas Aquinas' five proofs for the existence of God in Summa Theologica are:

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William Paley was an advocate of the teleological argument.

One of the most famous statements about the teleological argument using the watchmaker analogy was given by William Paley in his 1802 book Natural Theology or Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity.[5]

1. Argument of motion: All bodies are either moving or have the potential to move

2. Argument of causation: Also known as the argument of efficient cause

3. Argument of contingency vs. necessity: Also known as the argument of possibility and necessity

4. Argument of perfection: Also known as the argument of gradation (Degrees of perfection in the world implies the existence of a supreme, perfect being (God) that is the ultimate standard for all perfection)

5. Argument of design: Also known as the teleological argument

Thomas Aquinas' five proofs for the existence of God in Summa Theologica

Articles:

Videos:


Christianity and logic

Atheism and logic

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ Scientific laws and the Origin of the Universe
  2. ↑ So Long, Eternal Universe; Hello Beginning, Hello End!, 2001 (Apologetics Press)
  3. ↑ If God created the universe, then who created God? by Jonathan Sarfati
  4. ↑ How We’ve Been Robbed of Beauty by the Left
  5. ↑ William Paley - William Carey University
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