Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion.

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[Serious] Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion.

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RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion.

April 25, 2021 at 7:48 am

(April 25, 2021 at 7:07 am)Belacqua Wrote: Modern people tend to imagine they're supposed to be persuasive as they stand, which they aren't and weren't intended to be.

I mean, persuasive in what way? If his conclusions follow-- the argument is sound (which is what I assume Aquinas was going for), then that ought to persuade people.

What do you mean they weren't intended to be persuasive?

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Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by spirit-salamander - April 25, 2021 at 6:18 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by vulcanlogician - April 25, 2021 at 7:07 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Belacqua - April 25, 2021 at 7:07 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by vulcanlogician - April 25, 2021 at 7:48 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Belacqua - April 25, 2021 at 8:48 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Brian37 - April 25, 2021 at 8:53 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Belacqua - April 25, 2021 at 8:59 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Brian37 - April 25, 2021 at 9:04 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by arewethereyet - April 25, 2021 at 9:07 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Silver - April 25, 2021 at 9:21 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by arewethereyet - April 25, 2021 at 9:29 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Silver - April 25, 2021 at 9:33 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Brian37 - April 25, 2021 at 9:38 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by arewethereyet - April 25, 2021 at 11:39 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Nay_Sayer - April 28, 2021 at 2:17 pm

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Belacqua - April 25, 2021 at 9:12 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Brian37 - April 25, 2021 at 9:24 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Belacqua - April 25, 2021 at 9:26 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Brian37 - April 25, 2021 at 9:31 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Silver - April 25, 2021 at 7:51 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by vulcanlogician - April 25, 2021 at 7:57 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Silver - April 25, 2021 at 8:09 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by arewethereyet - April 25, 2021 at 8:43 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - April 25, 2021 at 11:02 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by LadyForCamus - April 28, 2021 at 2:25 pm

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Angrboda - April 28, 2021 at 2:46 pm

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Gwaithmir - April 25, 2021 at 8:21 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Brian37 - April 25, 2021 at 8:35 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Silver - April 25, 2021 at 8:50 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by vulcanlogician - April 25, 2021 at 9:40 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by polymath257 - April 26, 2021 at 9:09 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Fake Messiah - April 26, 2021 at 12:07 pm

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by polymath257 - April 26, 2021 at 2:22 pm

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Belacqua - April 26, 2021 at 4:57 pm

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by polymath257 - April 26, 2021 at 7:38 pm

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Belacqua - April 26, 2021 at 9:22 pm

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Fake Messiah - April 27, 2021 at 12:23 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by vulcanlogician - April 27, 2021 at 4:23 pm

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Belacqua - April 27, 2021 at 7:01 pm

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by vulcanlogician - April 28, 2021 at 6:09 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Belacqua - April 28, 2021 at 7:17 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by polymath257 - April 30, 2021 at 7:35 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by brewer - April 30, 2021 at 7:44 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Belacqua - April 30, 2021 at 8:07 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by brewer - April 30, 2021 at 9:34 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Belacqua - April 30, 2021 at 11:53 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by brewer - April 30, 2021 at 4:57 pm

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Silver - April 25, 2021 at 11:06 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by brewer - April 25, 2021 at 12:14 pm

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Abaddon_ire - April 25, 2021 at 5:45 pm

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Fake Messiah - April 26, 2021 at 2:50 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by spirit-salamander - April 26, 2021 at 6:56 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by vulcanlogician - April 26, 2021 at 7:33 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by spirit-salamander - April 26, 2021 at 8:27 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Silver - April 26, 2021 at 8:30 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by vulcanlogician - April 26, 2021 at 8:53 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Belacqua - April 26, 2021 at 9:07 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by brewer - April 26, 2021 at 7:36 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - April 26, 2021 at 7:43 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by The Grand Nudger - April 26, 2021 at 3:31 pm

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by The Grand Nudger - April 27, 2021 at 5:36 pm

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by The Grand Nudger - April 27, 2021 at 10:52 pm

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Peebo-Thuhlu - April 27, 2021 at 11:30 pm

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Belacqua - April 28, 2021 at 12:18 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by arewethereyet - April 28, 2021 at 2:19 pm

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Peebo-Thuhlu - April 28, 2021 at 2:12 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Angrboda - April 28, 2021 at 11:16 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Deesse23 - April 28, 2021 at 11:51 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by The Grand Nudger - April 28, 2021 at 2:15 pm

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by The Grand Nudger - April 30, 2021 at 2:18 pm

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Neo-Scholastic - May 3, 2021 at 8:50 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Belacqua - May 3, 2021 at 9:01 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by vulcanlogician - May 3, 2021 at 9:05 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Belacqua - May 3, 2021 at 9:09 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Neo-Scholastic - May 3, 2021 at 10:26 am

RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion. - by Neo-Scholastic - May 3, 2021 at 12:18 pm

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