“God is Dead” This everyone understands
--- Friedrich Nietzsche (1993) to be God.
3. Argument from Contingency
“There is no God up here.” (Necessary Being)
--- Yuri Gagarin (1961) Things that are possible to
--- Misattributed be and possible not to be, in
--- Russian Orthodox Christian other words, perishable
things.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Everything were contingent,
Quinque Viae, or the Five Ways, it is are nothing would exist now.
five logical arguments regarding the There must be something
existence of God. that is imperishable; a
1. Argument from Motion necessary being.
In the world, at least some This everyone understands
things are changing. to be God.
Whatever is changing is “I am who I am (Eyeh Asher
being changed by something Eyeh)” > Ako ang UMIIRAL
else. (Exodus 3:14)
If that by which it is changing 4. Argument from Gradiation ( Degree
is itself changed, then it too of Perfection)
is being changed by Things in the world that vary
something else. in degrees of goodness,
But this chain cannot be truth, nobility, etc.
infinitely long – INFINITE Some substance are better
REGRESSION that others.
This everyone understands CHAIN OF BEING
to be God. - Becoming:
2. Argument from Efficient Cause Mineral/inanimate objects ->
(UNCAUSED CAUSE) plant
Things are caused. - Being: Animal -> Man
It is no possible for - Supreme Being: Spirit ->
something to be the cause of God
itself. Judging something as being
It exists prior to itself, which “more” or “less” implies some
is a contradiction. standard against which it is
If that by which it is caused is being judged.
itself caused, then it too must There is something which is
have a cause. best and most time, and
This cannot be an infinitely most a being.
long chain. There exists some most-
There must be a cause which good which causes
is not itself caused by goodness in all else and this
anything further. everyone understands to be
God.
5. Argument from Design (Final Cause If we celebrate with such solemnity the birth
or End) of Jesus, it is
We sees various non-
intelligent objects in the world
behaving in regular ways. - St. John Paul II, Christian (1973)
This cannot be due to * Unique and Unrepeatable Existence
chance since then they
would not behave with RATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY 101
predictable results. So their - The human being/person
behavior must be set. Body
It cannot be set by Soul
themselves since they are
non-intelligent no notion of The human body is responsible for
how to set behavior. SENSING and MOVING.
The human soul is responsible for
TIME THINKING (Intellect) and CHOOSING
1. Chronos – Sequential Time (Will). Also called, FACULTIES or
(Before, AB) POWERS. This is what separates us from
2. Kairos – Right, Critical, the NOW Animals.
God created Time. FREEDOM
- Before creating anything, God Loved. - The capacity, ability or power to THINK,
CHOOSE, ACT based on one’s Intellect and
The creation of the Universe is an Will.
expression of God’s Love
THE SCOURGE OF RELATIVISM
IN THE BEGINNING - Knowledge, truth, and morality exist in
George Lemaitre (1864-1966) relation to culture, society, or historical
A Jesuit trained Belgian Catholic context, and are not absolute.
Priest - Truth becomes dependent on the subject
First to propose the Big Bang Theory (person).
IMAGE DEI ( IMAGE OF GOD)
Unique vet Fundamentally Equal God as the standard of truth.
UNIQUE
Existence of physical and mental
differences
EQUAL
The Same Human Soul, regardless
of physical and mental differences.
The Same Human Dignity,
regardless of situation and
circumstances.
