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Post by Vodmeister on Apr 27, 2014 0:27:56 GMT 5
biblicalscholarship.wordpress.com/2010/01/22/the-five-ways-of-thomas-aquinas/The Divine AttributesThe Five Ways all conclude that a being who is being itself must exist and that there can be only one such being. Since there can only be one such being all the arguments must converge on one and the same being. Polytheism, deism, and atheism are ruled out by Aquinas. The one being can appropriately be called God because it has at least the following attributes: As the Unmoved Mover it is immutable. As Pure Act it is immaterial or incorporeal. Since time cannot exist apart from change and this being does not change, it is eternal or outside time. As the cause of the world it has power. The Fifth Way establishes that God has an intellect. Since something is perfect to the degree that it is pure act this being can be called perfect. And since being is convertible with good we can call this being good. It is simple in that it is not composed of parts. Discuss...
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Post by creature386 on Apr 27, 2014 19:43:56 GMT 5
TAA's reply:
That being said, I don't think the blueberry muffin argument falsifies using these arguments for a deistic God, assuming the definition is broader than a timeless person.
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