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Post by Always on Mar 6, 2009 12:41:48 GMT 10
This is traditionally known as the argument from universal causation, the argument from first cause or the argument from existence. And the basic premise of course is that something caused the universe to exist and this First Cause must be GOD.
Thomas of Aquin or more popularly known as Saint Thomas Aquinas believed that the existence of God is neither obvious nor unprovable. In his Summa Theologica, he considered in great detail the five (5) reasons for the existence of God known as quinquae viae(Five Ways). And the best way to explain that God exists is when one presupposes that and what God is not.
In arming himself with these knowledge, he adapted the First Cause argument he found in his reading of Aristotle & Avicenna to form the prestigious Cosmological Argument of Aquinas. His conception of the First Cause was the idea that the Universe must have been caused by something that was itself uncaused, which Aquinas asserted was GOD - the Uncaused Cause.
The cosmological argument starts this way: - 1 Every finite and contingent being has a cause.
- 2 Nothing finite and contingent can cause itself.
- 3 A causal chain cannot be of infinite length.
- 4 Therefore a First Cause or something that is not an effect must exist.
So, what do you think?
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Post by mrExdobal on Mar 8, 2009 22:20:57 GMT 10
Maraming mga bagay ang hindi kaya ng ating maliit na kaisipan.
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Post by mrExdobal on Mar 8, 2009 22:22:11 GMT 10
Ang sabi ng Diyos siya ang Alpha at Omega, ang simula at ang wakas.
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Post by Always on Mar 9, 2009 10:23:06 GMT 10
Ang sabi ng Diyos siya ang Alpha at Omega, ang simula at ang wakas.
Totoo na siya ang simula at wakas ng lahat-lahat sa ating mundo at sa buong kalawakan dahil siya ang Fist Cause o "Unang Dahilan."
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Post by jesse2b on Nov 11, 2009 0:06:17 GMT 10
Indeed, God is the alpha and the omega(Rev. 22:13). He is the first king and since all kings and kingdoms wants or needs expansion, He then created the physical universe and into it, the things that will dwell in it, in for this, He will be king over all His creation. Having therefore, an extended territory, He created man to have dominion (rulership/kingship) over the earth(Gen 1:26), to show forth His full nature, and His will, thus we call Him king of kings and lord of lords.
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Post by Nickdee on Jun 24, 2010 22:44:52 GMT 10
The argument on the existence of God is really one of the most debatable thing for all of us. But since we knew nothing about Him so the question is unending but if we just try to believe in Him there's no further questions needed for as long as He is there the question who created Him seems useless. If ever we knew who created Him then we are already atleast equal or above Him. As what St. Augustine experienced about the child who takes water from the sea in order to pour it into a little hole, so we may experience the same thing if we continue to ask who created God. God's wisdom is unfathomable and we cannot even know even a little pint of it. We are always relying on what is before us but for Somebody who is present but cannot be seen, existing but cannot be perceived is something beyond our question and ability...grazie
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Post by dabeyonder on Jun 26, 2010 12:40:15 GMT 10
Sometimes or should I rather say, most of the time, believing is simply not just enough because a true believer must put some work into believing something. One must do a thorough research in order to justify something, it does not necessarily means to say having a solid fact is a necessity. Hmmmn confusing
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