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    Thread: Arguments Against Thomistic philosophy
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(January 19, 2018 at 8:22 pm)Khemikal Wrote: (January 19, 2018 at 8:15 pm)FireFromHeaven Wrote: How can an eternal, unchanging, all powerful, omnipotent being which can be the only one in existenc...
FireFromHeaven Christianity 155 24565 January 19, 2018 at 8:23 pm
    Thread: Arguments Against Thomistic philosophy
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How can an eternal, unchanging, all powerful, omnipotent being which can be the only one in existence be anything other than God? I genuinely do not understand your position. You seem to grant my argu...
FireFromHeaven Christianity 155 24565 January 19, 2018 at 8:15 pm
    Thread: Arguments Against Thomistic philosophy
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Not necessarily. For example, the argument I made went from an observation about how change worked and gradually abstracted down the line. However, do you know of any in-depth defenses of this line of...
FireFromHeaven Christianity 155 24565 January 19, 2018 at 8:12 pm
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(January 19, 2018 at 7:57 pm)chimp3 Wrote: (January 19, 2018 at 7:46 pm)FireFromHeaven Wrote: So you would argue philosophical arguments are useless in this regard because they aren't science?I wo...
FireFromHeaven Christianity 155 24565 January 19, 2018 at 8:02 pm
    Thread: Arguments Against Thomistic philosophy
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(January 19, 2018 at 7:48 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: (January 19, 2018 at 7:46 pm)FireFromHeaven Wrote: So you would argue philosophical arguments are useless in this regard because they aren't science? ...
FireFromHeaven Christianity 155 24565 January 19, 2018 at 7:51 pm
    Thread: Arguments Against Thomistic philosophy
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(January 19, 2018 at 7:36 pm)chimp3 Wrote: Religion was our first attempt at explaining reality.  Philosophy our second.  We know more now through science. So you would argue philosophical argumen...
FireFromHeaven Christianity 155 24565 January 19, 2018 at 7:46 pm
    Thread: Arguments Against Thomistic philosophy
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I don't think it can specifically establish Christianity over any of the other monotheistic religions. Just that it can establish theism and thus refute atheism. For the actual argument, it is basic...
FireFromHeaven Christianity 155 24565 January 19, 2018 at 7:41 pm
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(January 19, 2018 at 6:59 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Thomas Jefferson might have been interesting.  Thomas Paine would definitely have been interesting. Aquinas is just another medieval clown who thinks ...
FireFromHeaven Christianity 155 24565 January 19, 2018 at 7:00 pm
    Thread: Arguments Against Thomistic philosophy
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No problem. I can imagine from my own participation in a Catholic forum. I personally think that the idea of Act and Potency presented by Aristotle makes the existence of God necessary for change to o...
FireFromHeaven Christianity 155 24565 January 19, 2018 at 6:54 pm
    Thread: Arguments Against Thomistic philosophy
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More elaboration on the problems with Aquinas' Aristotelianism would be appreciated. What in particular do you find problematic with Aristotle? Do you know any books/articles/ etc. that develop the po...
FireFromHeaven Christianity 155 24565 January 19, 2018 at 6:51 pm
    Thread: Arguments Against Thomistic philosophy
Post: Arguments Against Thomistic philosophy

Hello, I am a devout Catholic with an interest in philosophy. I am posting here in an attempt to find good articles/books/blogs that challenge my personal views. I personally see Thomism, especially ...
FireFromHeaven Christianity 155 24565 January 19, 2018 at 6:39 pm