RE: Criticism of Aquinas' First Way or of the Proof of God from Motion.
April 25, 2021 at 8:35 am
A long time ago, in a major pizza chain, far far away, a co worker wanted to kick my ass because I critizied Aquinas.
True story. A couple of decades ago, after graduating college, I got a job at a major pizza chain and ran into a co worker who claimed Aquinus predicted Quantum physics. His only argument was, "Aquinus was a smart man.". He kept on getting pissed when I asked him to show the formulas. I was litterally afraid of him beating me up.
Specifically, he got pissed that I pointed out that the ancient Greeks were the first to coin the word "atom", but back then, it merely meant "the smallest thing one could emagine". Back in in ancient Greece they thought of "all this" as being a combo of "earth stuff, air stuff, water stuff, and fire stuff". They had no concept of quarks, or protons or neutrons or electrons. They had no concept of the double slit experement.
Aquinus didn't know shit. But Christians love trying to quote him to try to retrofit science to their club. I constantly try to point out to these types that all religions do this. I cannot name one religion in human history that does not try to retrofit science to justify pointing to their club.
True story. A couple of decades ago, after graduating college, I got a job at a major pizza chain and ran into a co worker who claimed Aquinus predicted Quantum physics. His only argument was, "Aquinus was a smart man.". He kept on getting pissed when I asked him to show the formulas. I was litterally afraid of him beating me up.
Specifically, he got pissed that I pointed out that the ancient Greeks were the first to coin the word "atom", but back then, it merely meant "the smallest thing one could emagine". Back in in ancient Greece they thought of "all this" as being a combo of "earth stuff, air stuff, water stuff, and fire stuff". They had no concept of quarks, or protons or neutrons or electrons. They had no concept of the double slit experement.
Aquinus didn't know shit. But Christians love trying to quote him to try to retrofit science to their club. I constantly try to point out to these types that all religions do this. I cannot name one religion in human history that does not try to retrofit science to justify pointing to their club.
