5 Proofs Of Aquinas

Question 1

Proof 1

Answer 1

The First Mover, everything needs a mover as nothing can start its own chain of movement

Question 2

Proof 1 - Example

Answer 2

A hot air balloon can’t fly without fire

Question 3

Proof 1 - Against

Answer 3

It doesn’t have to be the Christian God as it could be a God from a different faith or religion

Question 4

Proof 1 - For

Answer 4

It is logical for everything to have a first mover

Question 5

Proof 1 - Opinion

Answer 5

Yes - It makes sense that nothing can happen by itself

Question 6

Proof 2

Answer 6

The First Cause, everything in existence has a cause as nothing can make itself and the sequence cannot stretch back infinitely

Question 7

Proof 2 - Example

Answer 7

A flower cannot exist without a seed that relies on soil and sunlight

Question 8

Proof 2 - Against

Answer 8

The Big Bang could be the first cause

Question 9

Proof 2 - For

Answer 9

Without a certain starting point, something can’t exist

Question 10

Proof 2 - Opinion

Answer 10

Yes - A species can’t appear from nowhere to develop into humans without the guidance of a very clever being

Question 11

Proof 3

Answer 11

Necessity, everything in the world depend on something for their existence

Question 12

Proof 3 - Example

Answer 12

A plant needs sunlight, nutrition and water

Question 13

Proof 3 - Against

Answer 13

The planet was self sustaining before ‘living’ things came about

Question 14

Proof 3 - For

Answer 14

Without a necessary being that exists independently, the entire idea of contingency doesn’t work

Question 15

Proof 3 - Opinion

Answer 15

No - nonliving things aren’t contingent

Question 16

Proof 4

Answer 16

Degree, all things show levels of qualities such as goodness and perfection

Question 17

Proof 4 - Example

Answer 17

Some pieces of art have greater beauty or more emotion than others

Question 18

Proof 4 - Against

Answer 18

Qualities could be made from purely human belief

Question 19

Proof 4 - For

Answer 19

Different degrees of excellence must come from somewhere and a being must create these

Question 20

Proof 4 - Opinion

Answer 20

No - humans could make up what they think good and bad is

Question 21

Proof 5

Answer 21

Design, everything in the world is meant for a purpose suggesting that unintelligent things are directed towards their function by an intelligent being

Question 22

Proof 5 - Example

Answer 22

Ecosystems are an amazing structure where each organism plays a role which is unlikely created by chance

Question 23

Proof 5 - Against

Answer 23

Natural processes could be able to perform without guidance

Question 24

Proof 5 - For

Answer 24

The universes’s complexity suggest an intelligent source

Question 25

Proof 5 - For

Answer 25

The universes’s complexity suggest an intelligence source

Question 26

Proof 5 - Opinion

Answer 26

Yes - lots of things in the world are too intricate to be designed without guidance