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[³í¹®] THE ARGUMENTS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD IN CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS (¿µ¹®) (24)
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A DEMONSTRATION OF GOD AND THE ARGUMENTS
FOR THE EXISTENCE OF CHRISTIAN GOD IN CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS (24)
by Dr. Paul B. Jang (Ph.D, Christian Apologetics) (¿µ¹®) ✝✝✝

CHAPTER II

REVIEW OF THE LITERATURES:

PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK OF THE CONCEPTS AND EXISTENCE OF GOD HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL SURVEY
THE ARGUMENTS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD

Aquinas s Argument of the Existence of God

Thomas Aquinas (1226-1274), the father of Catholic theology, was one of the greatest philosophers at that time. His systematic harmony of Aristotle philosophy and Christianity form much of the basis of Catholic theology. Especially, the Five Ways of his arguments for the existence of God is a significant work and controversial of the arguments for God s existence.

But some of his arguments are difficult to understand because they were written within a special philosophical framework. Nevertheless, his arguments for the existence of God is worthy to be considerable in order to prove the existence of God. Of course it has some danger in the light of the doctrine of God as the absolute One, who created man and all things.

Therefore, it is worthy to refer to the theory of the Five Ways for proving the existence of God. The writer, therefore, is going to introduce the five ways mentioned by Thomas Aquinas (Milton and Shipka, 1982, 12-14).

The First Way: The Argument From Motion

Thomas Aquinas said, whatever is moved is moved by another, for nothing can be moved except it is in potentiality to that towards which it is moved; whereas a thing moves in as much as it is in act. And it is not possible for the same thing should be at once in actuality and potentiality in the same respect, but only in different respects.

It is, therefore, impossible that in the same respect and in the same way a thing should be both mover and moved, i.e., that it should move itself, therefore, whatever is moved must be moved by another. Therefore, it is necessary to arrive at a first mover, moved by no other, and this is what everyone understand to be God. This argument presupposed the first mover to move another things according to the law of motion.

This is the same principle as that of cosmological argument for the existence of God which the writer is going to discuss in another section of this dissertation.

The Second Way: The Argument from the Nature of Efficient Cause
It is found that there is an order of efficient causes in the world of sensible things. It is not possible to go on to infinity in efficient causes, becuse in all efficient causes following in order, the first is the cause of intermediate cause, and the intermediate is the cause of the ultimate cause, whether the intermediate cause be several, or only one. To take away the causae is to take away the effect.

There is no effect without the cause. Therefore, it is relative truth whatever exists does necessarily have their causes. If there be no first cause among the efficient causes, there will be no ultimate nor any intermediate cause.

But if it is possible to go on to infinity in efficient causes, there will be no first cause, neither will there be an ultimate effect, nor any intermediate efficient causes; all of which is plainly false. Therefore, it is necessary to admit a first efficient cause, to which everyone gives the name of God.
This theory presupposed the first efficient cause for all effects to be in the world. Therefore he insists that it is possible to prove the existence of God through the theory of relationship between the cause and the effect. This proof for the existence of God has been using the method of the theory of relativity of science. 💗💗💗

- To be continued -


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