(July 21, 2015 at 7:19 am)Metis Wrote: Before I ask one of the admins about the debate area, will it just be you or perhaps Randy, Catholic_Lady or one of your other fellow believers would like to join in as well?I think it best not to confuse things too much by bringing in additional parties beyond what is necessary. Keeping a philosophical argument as simple and elegant as possible is difficult enough as it is.
I haven't yet engaged in a formal debate on this forum so I also will need to learn for format and rules. We need to have a moderator, Nestor would be ideal (IMO) but I think only admins can serve in that capacity.
The proposal needs to reflect the scope of Aquinas's argument, i.e. the god to which the proof applies being the 'God of the Philosophers'. I certainly do not want to argue for the any other attributes than those specifically related to each of the proofs, which in the case of the 1st way is a transcendent ground of being. That said the 5 ways work together and if we agree to do all 5 at once, we need to allow more time between responses.
