Sorrentino 10/17

A-priori evidence is based on the simple principle that any _ contradiction of any kind in impossible

Intrinsic

What argument does Richard Dawkins make against St. Thomas?

A designer must always be more complex than what it designs.

What is meant by gods simplicity

He does not have parts

Which of the following attributes of God are not proven by St. Thomas' proof?

Lovingness

What question does Bertrand Russell ask in arguing about St. Thomas' proof for the existance of God?

What caused god?

What does St. Thomas mean when he calls God unrestricted?

He means that God is existence through itself.

St. Thomas Aquinas' proof of God's existence proves that God loves us.

False

What proof of God's existence from St. Thomas Aquinas is discussed in the reading?

Uncaused cause

What position does Bertrand Russell take regarding St. Thomas Aquinas' proof for the existence of God?

He argues against St. Thomas' Aquinas' position.

What key question forms the foundation of Lonergan's argument about God?

Why is reality this way rather than another?

There cannot be more than one unrestricted reality

True

A-priori evidence is based on the simple principle that any _ contradiction of any kind in impossible

Intrinsic

What analogy was made in the reading in respect to the importance of both reasoning God's existence, AND still having faith in him?

The choice to trust someone and take a leap of faith, to believe and love in them, but making that choice rationally from prior experiences with that person.

What limitation impacts Dawkins view?

He perceives design only in a materialistic sense.

What argument does Richard Dawkins make against St. Thomas?

A designer must always be more complex than what it designs.

What is meant by gods simplicity

He does not have parts

Which of the following attributes of God are not proven by St. Thomas' proof?

Lovingness

What question does Bertrand Russell ask in arguing about St. Thomas' proof for the existance of God?

What caused god?

What does St. Thomas mean when he calls God unrestricted?

He means that God is existence through itself.

St. Thomas Aquinas' proof of God's existence proves that God loves us.

False

What proof of God's existence from St. Thomas Aquinas is discussed in the reading?

Uncaused cause

What position does Bertrand Russell take regarding St. Thomas Aquinas' proof for the existence of God?

He argues against St. Thomas' Aquinas' position.

What key question forms the foundation of Lonergan's argument about God?

Why is reality this way rather than another?

There cannot be more than one unrestricted reality

True

What proof of god's existence from Bernard Lonergan as discussed in the reading?

Intelligibility of Reality

As scientific proof grows our faith becomes irrelevant T/F

False

Thomistic metaphysical proof

st thomas aquinas provides a proof --- of God

simplicity, Timlessness, intelligence

God's attributes identified by St Thomas Aquinas

simplicity

God must be simple because the alternative is being complex, and complexity comes from having parts

parts

imply restrictions, which God does not have

God

the One and only One unrestricted uncaused case

timelessness

being in one point of time rather than another is a restriction and God cannot be restricted

intelligence

the unrestricted act of existence is perfectly "present" to itself and perfectly self-conscious

Bertrand Russell

came forward with objections to the Thomistic Proof

Bertrand Rusell

objected by saying

• "So what caused God" ( if everything has a cause, God must have a cause)

• "If there can be anything without a cause, it may just as well be the world as God"

metaphysical proof

says that an uncaused reality must be unique because it must be unrestricted

metaphysical proof

shows there must exist one and only one unrestricted reality which created everything else - "God"

unrestricted

an uncaused reality must be --

St. Thomas Aquinas

stated that existence through itself would have to be distinct from every restricted way of acting

Richard Dawkins

argued

• a designer must always be more complex than what it designs

• whatever is more complex is more improbable

materialistic view of reality

aquinas said the --- cannot be applied to God because that reality cannot have restrictions, and therefore not have parts

God

an unrestricted power and doesn't need complexity to think or do anything

simplicity

given the proof of God's --, dawkins' first premise is false

Dawkins argument

actually proves that God is the most probable reality of all

uncaused designer

must be simpler than anything it designs

improbable

whatever is more complex is more --

unrestricted reality

an --- must be one and one only

transcendental attributes

al the -- must belong to the one unrestricted reality (God)

metaphysical proof

st thomas aquinas proof

metaphysical proof

the proof shows that there must exist one and only one unrestricted uncaused reality which creates everything else-- and this reality is referred to as "God"

through itself

there must at least one uncaused reality that exists --

unrestricted

an uncaused reality must be --

completely unique

unrestricted "existence through itself" must be ---

ultimate cause

the one unrestricted uncaused reality must be the --- of all else that exists

3 groups of evidence for an intelligent creator

• evidence from the expansion of the universe

• evidence from entropy for a beginning of our universe

• the fine tuning of the initial conditions of the universe at the Big Bang

scientific evidence

shows the high likelihood of a super intelligent cause of the whole of physical reality

evidence of reason

allows us to build a bridge of understanding to God, but we must take a leap of faith in believing in him

reason

is limited in what it tells us about God

revelation

the personal qualities of God cannot be known without --

a priori evidence

the law of non contradiction

a priori evidence

Based in the simple principle that any intrinsic contradiction is impossible, and therefore, false

Bernard Longergan

developed a new proof for God's existence that focuses on the intelligibility of reality

Longeran's basic proof

if all reality is completely intelligible then God exists. but all reality is completely intelligible, therefore God exists

Bernard Longergan

asserts that the only uncaused reality must also be an unrestricted act of consciousness or mind- an unrestricted act of thinking

Dawkins

overlooks the metaphysical principle because he thinks only in material terms

metaphysical proof

does no assume that God is the inly uncaused reality- it proved that an uncaused reality must be unique because it must be unrestricted

a priori evidence

can be used to disprove the existence of God