INTELLECTUAL PROOFS FOR GOD'S EXISTENCE

Question 1

WHO PROVIDED THE FIVE (5) PROOFS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD?

Answer 1

ST. THOMAS AQUINAS (1225-1274)

Question 2

OUR SENSES CAN PERCEIVE MOTION BY SEEING THAT THINGS ACT ON ONE ANOTHER. WHATEVER MOVES IS MOVED BY SOMETHING ELSE.

Answer 2

ARGUMENT FROM MOTION

Question 3

BECAUSE NOTHING CAN CAUSE ITSELF, EVERYTHING MUST HAVE A CAUSE OR SOMETHING THAT CREATES AN EFFECT ON ANOTHER THING.

Answer 3

ARGUMENT FROM EFFICIENT CAUSE

Question 4

BECAUSE OBJECTS IN THE WORLD COME INTO EXISTENCE AND PASS OUT OF IT, IT IS POSSIBLE FOR THOSE OBJECTS TO EXIST OR NOT EXIST AT ANY TIME.

Answer 4

ARGUMENT FROM NECESSARY BEING

Question 5

THERE ARE DIFFERENT DEGREES OF GOODNESS IN DIFFERENT THINGS. FOLLOWING THE “GREAT CHAIN OF BEING,” WHICH STATES THERE IS A GRADUAL INCREASE IN COMPLEXITY, CREATED OBJECTS MOVE FROM UNFORMED INORGANIC MATTER TO BIOLOGICALLY COMPLEX ORGANISMS.

Answer 5

ARGUMENT FROM GRADATION

Question 6

ALL THINGS HAVE AN ORDER OR ARRANGEMENT THAT LEADS THEM TO A PARTICULAR GOAL.

Answer 6

ARGUMENT FROM DESIGN

Question 7

(ARISTOTLE)

“PRIME MOVER”

Answer 7

GOD

Question 8

UNDER ARGUMENT FROM EFFICIENT CAUSE

Answer 8

> MATERIAL CAUSE
FORMAL CAUSE
EFFICIENT CAUSE
FINAL CAUSE

Question 9

BEING THAT CAN NOT “NOT” EXIST.

Answer 9

NECESSARY BEING

Question 10

BEING THAT CAN NOT EXIST. THEIR EXIST DEPENDS ON THE NECESSARY BEING.

Answer 10

CONTINGENT BEING

Question 11

IT IS A TRAIT OF GOD’S TOTAL OTHERNESS AND BEING INFINITELY BEYOND AND INDEPENDENT OF CREATION.

IT IS THE QUALITY OF GOD’S TOTAL UNIQUENESS AND INFINITE GREATNESS COMPARED TO HIS CREATURES.

Answer 11

TRANSCENDENCE

Question 12

IT IS A TRAIT OF GOD WHICH REFERS TO GOD’S INTIMATE UNION WITH AND TOTAL PRESENCE TO HIS CREATION.

IT REFERS TO GOD’S BEING IN THE WORLD, HIS CLOSENESS TO, AND INTIMACY WITH US.

Answer 12

IMMANENCE