RE: Creationism
August 14, 2020 at 1:19 am
(This post was last modified: August 14, 2020 at 1:19 am by Belacqua.)
(August 13, 2020 at 9:43 pm)Paleophyte Wrote: "...and this we understand to be God."
Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, The Argument from Contingency
What does the first cause argument attempt to show?
That there is a first cause.
Did Thomas Aquinas believe that the first cause is the God of the Bible?
Yes he did.
Did he think that the first cause argument proves that the first cause is the God of the Bible?
No he did not.
Why did he think that the first cause is the God of the Bible?
Because he had separate arguments to that effect.
If you asked him, "Thomas, does the first cause argument demonstrate that the first cause is the God of the Bible?" what would he say?
He would say, "No, it only proves that there is a first cause. Although I believe that the first cause is the God of the Bible, I believe it because I have separate arguments to that effect."
