DOES GOD EXIST?

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 UNIT QUESTIONS

What does “God” mean?

How does science correlate with the existence of

God?

What proof do we have that shows God’s

existence?
THE EXISTENCE OF
GOD
By: Amanda Robinson
 OVERVIEW

The meaning of “God”

The 5 Proofs of Thomas Aquinas
• The Argument of Motion
• The Nature of Efficient Cause
• Possibility and Necessity
• The Gradation to be Found in Things
• The Governance of the World
 THE ARGUMENT OF
MOTION

Some things are in motion, yet anything moved is

moved by another.

There can’t be an infinite series of movers.

Therefore there must be a first mover (that itself

isn’t moved by another).
 GOD MEANS…

 god/gäd/

 Noun: (in Christianity and other monotheistic religions) The

creator and ruler of the universe and source of all moral authority;
the Supreme Being.
 The Nature of Efficient
Cause

Some things are caused, anything caused was

caused by another.

There can’t be an infinite series of causes.

Therefore, there must be a first cause

 Possibility and Necessity

 Every contingent being at some times fails to exist.

 If everything were contingent, then at some time there

would have been nothing, and so there would be nothing now.

 So not everything is contingent, meaning there is a

necessary being.
 The Gradation to be Found in Things

Some things are greater than others.

Whatever is great to any degree gets its greatness

from that which is the greatest.

So, there is a greatest being, which is the source

of all greatness.
 The Governance of the World

 Many things in the world that lack intelligence act for an

end.

 Whatever acts for an end must be directed by an intelligent

being.

 So the world must have an intelligent designer.

 IN CONCLUSION

 Thomas Aquinas has 5 proofs to the existence of God.

 His proof of the argument of motion gives evidence to the

correlation between science and God.

 The word “God” means…