Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Thomas Aquinas' Five Ways ♥ 6:28 AM
In Thomas Aquinas' five ways, Aquinas tries to put religion and reasoning together by explaining God and his role in our life. However, when we carefully read these arguments he has, we can see that they are nothing more than the fallacy of begging the question. He is assuming that the existence of God and what he is saying about God has already been proven true.
For instance, in his first way, the argument from motion Auinas is assuming many things. He is assuming that God was the first thing created and that God's existence has already been proven true. Why does God have to be this "UNMOVED MOVER"? Again he is assuming and concluding that God is the unmoved mover who set things to motion.
The End.