Thomas Aquinas argues about the five different ways that God does exists and how the five ways are (in) famous. Thomas Aquinas point was to tell us that God really does exists and there are reasons why.

The first of the five ways that can prove God’s existence is motion, whatever is in motion is put in motion by something else that is also put in motion by something else. With that being said, when God puts us or something else in motion, who puts God in motion. This means that if I put something in motion God has put me in motion because the mover has put that thing in motion.

The second way is the efficient cause which there are many but we all know that these can’t go onto infinity. When you take away the cause you then take away the effect. It is necessary to admit that the first efficient cause is to give the name of God.

The third way is possibility and necessity, which things in nature are found possible and for those things to exist is not always possible; meaning all the living things are not really possible but they must exist even though we say they don’t exist. Every necessity has its own necessary thing which is caused by another necessity. Aquinas talks about how possible and necessities are things in nature which are found possible, but when I think of possibility I think of the saying “with God anything is possible.” If you really think about it we are here because of possibility.

The fourth way is things; some things are good and some are bad. With this being said all beings are the cause of their being of goodness and perfection which we call this God. When Aquinas says that some things are good and some are bad he is meaning that when God does something good for us it’s like he is rewarding us but when he doesn’t something bad to us he is also in a way rewarding us by telling us to get away from that negative stuff or those negative people who will cause you to do bad.

The fifth way is the governance of the world. People who lack intelligence usually act for an end. Some intelligent beings are natural and are directed to the end and this we call God. When Aquinas says that whomever lacks intelligence acts for an end he means that we as people or beings who aren’t very intelligent act for the ending of our lives or our living souls to be ended.  

 

 

1.       Do you think God exists?

2.       If we put things in motion and God puts us in motion seeing that the mover is put in motion by something else who puts God in motion? Or does God put himself in motion?

3.       Do you think even though the knowledge of the existence of God is implanted in us do you think the existence of God is self-evident?