115: Does God Exist?, pt 45: Aquinas' Fourth and Fifth Ways
05/25/24 • 34 min
I wrap up my discussion of Aquinas' Five Ways by examining both his Fourth and Fifth Ways.
The Fourth Way demonstrate that the grades of perfection we observe in the world can only be explained by the existence of a maximally perfect being.
The Fifth Way demonstrates the existence of an intelligent being who guides everything towards their natural ends.
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I wrap up my discussion of Aquinas' Five Ways by examining both his Fourth and Fifth Ways.
The Fourth Way demonstrate that the grades of perfection we observe in the world can only be explained by the existence of a maximally perfect being.
The Fifth Way demonstrates the existence of an intelligent being who guides everything towards their natural ends.
Web: ThinkingtoBelieve.com
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: facebook.com/thinkingtobelieve
Twitter & Gettr: @thinking2believ
Truth: @ThinkingToBelieve
Parler: @thinkingtobelieve
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114: Does God Exist?, pt 44: Aquinas' Third Way from Contingency
For his Third Way, Thomas Aquinas argues that the existence of contingent beings can only be explained by the existence of a necessary being whose essence is identical to His existence.
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116: Does God Exist?, pt 46: An Existential Argument pt1
My final argument for God's existence is a version of the existential argument. I argue that our existential longings can only be explained by and fulfilled by a theistic God: the desire for meaning and purpose in life, objective morality, immortality, free will, and love. People must either (1) believe there is a God who can fulfill our deepest longings or (2) believe there is no God and that our deepest longings will never be fulfilled.
In part 1, I argue that all human beings have a longing for the transcendent and explain why we need to make people want to believe in God before we provide the evidence for God's existence. Then, I contrast how atheism and theism account for meaning and purpose in life.
Web: ThinkingtoBelieve.com
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: facebook.com/thinkingtobelieve
Twitter & Gettr: @thinking2believ
Truth: @ThinkingToBelieve
Parler: @thinkingtobelieve
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