RE: Thomism: Then & Now
October 10, 2021 at 12:45 pm
(This post was last modified: October 10, 2021 at 6:03 pm by Neo-Scholastic.)
(October 9, 2021 at 9:48 am)Nomad Wrote: Three of Aquinas' five ways are "the universe must have had a beginning, therefore god". The other two are "there must be a maximal value of X, therefore god".
“It is better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.” – Abraham Lincoln.
(October 10, 2021 at 4:19 am)Nomad Wrote: If philosophy isn't about getting things right then what use is it? I can get more entertaining nonsense down at the local.
Philosophy is more about learning to ask better questions and not accepting easy answers.
Sure, too many apologists think the 5W are easy answers, but its pretty clear on this thread that the "debunkers" also just want easy answers to confirm their prior beliefs.
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