PHLA10H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Possible World, Omnibenevolence, Omnipotence
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God is the one who is all-powerful (omnipotent), all-knowing (omniscient), and enirely good (omnibenevolent). In the natural world, there are objects that are in moion. In the natural world, objects that are in moion are always caused to move by objects other than themselves. In the natural world, there are no ininite cause/efect chains: hence there is an enity outside of the natural world, which causes the moion of the irst moving object that exists in the natural world, hence, god exists. Aquinas"s second argument: the natural world includes events. In the natural world, every event has a cause, and no event causes itself. In the natural world, causes must precede their efects. In the natural world, there are no ininite cause/efect chains: hence there is an enity outside of nature, which causes the irst event that occurs in the natural world, hence, god exists.
