(August 12, 2020 at 1:22 am)Belacqua Wrote: Thomas Aquinas believed in the God of the Bible. He was clear that the first cause argument could not prove that.
"...and this we understand to be God."
Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, The Argument from Contingency
Quote:The first cause part can be argued for with logic.
No, it can't. It just looks that way when you do logic poorly. That's why the answer is rubbish.
Quote:If you think that there is something in science which proves that something can exist without there being any existence, please let us know.
I don't believe that I ever made such a claim.
Quote:Such a proof would falsify Thomas's argument.
Aquinas' argument is logically flawed and unfalsifiable. It was a bad attempt at reconciling reason and faith long before we understood cosmology.
