Aquinas' Proofs for the Existence of God - Paper explaining Aquinas' 5 proofs for the existence of god, and raising questions to their validity.

Aquinas' Proofs for the Existence of God - In Aquinas' first proof for the existence of God, he begins by stating that there is motion in the world and states that there is no motion with out cause. He defines motion as "...the reduction of something from potentiality to actuality" (Aquinas 25). In this he stipulates that potentiality cannot cause motion, only actuality has this ability. Like in the example of the cigarette, a very enjoyable …

…wants a God of Philosophical virtue and presence, which may or may not be possible. Also in the way Aquinas seems to be setting up his God, there is not much allowance for personal involvement with contingent beings. In this, Aquinas may breed a God of Philosophy, but not, one of theology. For the separation and parallelism that its existence and ours work on, does not allow for high interaction as is in the Bible.