(October 9, 2021 at 9:48 am)Nomad Wrote:(October 8, 2021 at 5:57 pm)DLJ Wrote: I'm far from knowledgeable about Aquinas's original argument (so please be gentle with me) but I have listened to some (e.g. Islamic apologisers) who use the Necessary Being argument.
I've noticed that they equivocate between verb and noun: Being and A Being.
Did Aquinas do that too? What have I missed?
Cheers.
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".
Despite the utter paucity and extreme idiocy of these arguments, Woothers has such a hard on for Aquinas that every time he thinks of him he spaffs over all these fora like he's some sort of straw haired clown.
Who the hell is ‘Woothers’?
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‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson