DOES GOD EXIST

IDEAS ABOUT GOD

ATHEISM

POLYTHEISM

MONOTHEISMPANTHEISM

AGNOTHECISM

1st argument for God’s existent

The argument from the universal

consent of mankind

IDEA

ARISTOTLE

ST. THOMAS

ARGUMENTS

St. Anselm vs. Gaunilo Rene Descartes vs. St. Thomas Aquinas

Arguments

God is the greatest

being thinkable

unlimitedMust posses

the perfection

St. anselm

Most beautiful

island thinkable

limited May or may not exixt Gaunilo

Unjustified leaf from what is inside the

mind to what s outside the mind.

Thomas aquinas Gaunilo

Thaught any idea w/c we have w/c is “dear

and distinct”Corresponding to the thing existing outside

the mind.

Rene Descartes

St. Anselm

Ontological Argument

It is at least possibe that God exists since our idea of him as the infinite being

contains no contraditions .

Gottfried Whilhelm

Leiniz 4/yrs old

Rne Descartes

The human intellect canot know that God

exist by manipulating ideas.

Immanuel Kant

8 yrs old

Leibniz died

St. Thomas ways of proving God exist

Five way

s

1st

-the argument in

motion

2 nd

-from nature of

an efficient cause

3rd

- Based on what

can exist and

what must exist

4th

-base on the

gradations that

exist in things

5th

-based on order

in the universe

1ST way

Says that everything moves is moved by something else, for nothing can move unless it has the potentiality of acquiring the perfection of that towards which is move

2nd way

In the second way, he says also in the world of sense we find that there is a sequence of efficient causes, but we never find something that cause itself, and it is impossible to do.

3rd wayContingent being

being does not exist necessarily It may exist or may not exist It begins to exist at some point in time Example: Human being

NECESSARY BEING A being witch always exist Witch never begin to be nor ever passes out of existence Example: God if necessary being does not exist therefore; contingent being

would not exist We are not here Man w/o god is nothing God w/o man is still a god

4th way Thomas speak about the

Degree of perfection Degree of perfection is found

in contingent beings Maximum perfection is found

in a necessary being w/c is God.

5th way

Being one of the contingent being we are lack of intelligence acting for specific end or purpose

This is not happen by just a chance but a plan and design

Supreme Being

Supreme Being

PERFECTION

GOOD

AND

TRUTH

ANIMALS

PLANTS

MAN

ANIMALS PLANT

SMAN

St. thomas want us to understand that God who not only created us but also to direct us.

GOD

necessary being

pure act and infinitetot

ally uncomposed and simple.

unique

uncaused cause of the world.

has unlimited or infinite knowledge

WHAT WE CAN KNOW ABOUT GOD?

GOD – is a necessary being

2 TERMS

Contingent being

begins to exist.

does not exist

necessary.

those human beings like

us.

may or may not

exist.

everything in this world is contingent except one.

Necessary being

has no beginning or ending.

GOD – is pure act and infinite

contingent being

Essence

potency

Existence

act

act

Has no li

mit

infinity

GOD – is uncomposed and simple

GOD

-act and potency-essence and

existence-accidents or any

composition

simplicity

GOD – is unique

Limited being/finite

Contingent being

GOD

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GOD – is the uncaused cause ofthe world

1st cause/ uncaused

cause

Primary cause

Efficient cause

Secondary causes

Effect of the other causes

God – has unlimited or infiniteknowledge2 types of perfection

Contingent of finite being

weight or height or animal

sensation or even human reasoning

limited or finite

God is infinitely

heavy

. Both contingent and necessary beings

being as being, goodness, truth, knowledge,

wisdom, justice, Mercy and so ford.

Comments of the group Does god really exist? This is the reason that encourage us

to read and to analyze what Saint Thomas want us to understand. The proof are strong enough to agree that God really exist. Being one of monotheism we are now knowledgeable about the existence of God. The 5 ways and the things we can know about God are very helpful to us, to strengthen our faiths to the supreme being. Our faith allowing God to control, to guide and to help us to our daily life.

even thought we can not see God we believe because we know that w/in in our heart and the knowledge in our mind we can say that God really exist. Not only to create us but also to lead us to our purpose or to our ends. We also stand up on the side of St. Thomas Aquinas that God is the uncaused cause of every thing we also agreed that God is a necessary being, unique and totally uncompose in w/c we all know that God is the only one and powerful in this world.