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 26, 2021 at 9:22 pm

(April 26, 2021 at 7:38 pm)polymath257 Wrote: It is important to note, though, that by the time Galileo came around, the Protestant revolution had caused a lot more concern about doctrine in the Catholic church.

This is true, but it never led to the demand that people unquestioningly accept Aristotle

At the time Galileo was arguing for heliocentricity, the consensus view among his supporters in the Vatican -- and among most other educated people -- was that Tycho Brahe's system provided the best explanation of the observed astronomy. Brahe is not Aristotle.

The church's position was that there was no problem discussing heliocentricity, but that it wasn't yet proved. They were correct at the time. Galileo got in trouble for other things.

https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2021/02/17/...-simplify/

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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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