20. GREEK PHILOSOPHY EXPLAINING MOVEMENT WITHIN THE UNIVERSE
Aristotle believed that every object in the universe is driven by its own will. Thus, a stone falls because it wants to return to earth, while an air bubble rises from the water because it aspires to return to the atmosphere from which it originates. Likewise, the desire of the stars and other celestial bodies is what causes their motion.
19. THE HUMAN WILLPOWER AS A GUIDING FORCE TO UNDERSTANDING GOD
Humans and other living things can move their bodies through their will. Accordingly, willpower moves objects in the universe. But what level of desire can move the universe?
18. LET’S CONSIDER AN EXAMPLE
Suppose the table in your living room began to rise in the air at regular intervals, once every half hour, making a few turns around its axis and descending back down.
17. LAWS OF NATURE AS EVIDENCE OF GOD’S EXISTENCE
We live in a universe made up entirely of moving particles of matter, from rotating electrons to galaxies. We are not surprised when we see living things moving, but we would be surprised if we suddenly saw inanimate objects moving on their own.
16. CAN GOD HAVE NO ATTRIBUTES?
I say, only something committed to reality can be the first reason. The universe is not bound by reality since any part of it can cease to exist. The universe itself can also cease to exist entirely.
15. ARE THERE FAULTY ARGUMENTS AGAINST GOD’S EXISTENCE?
A common error is to assume that if everything has been created by something else, then something other than GOD created GOD. This error indicates a lack of understanding of the argument since the argument is based on the assumption that not everything has a reason.
14. ACCEPT THE “FIRST CAUSE” WITHOUT QUESTIONING
Consequently, philosophers such as Thomas Aquinas have concluded that there must be a first cause of its own in the universe. This cause cannot have another cause. The chain of causes that led to the universe’s existence and all that is in it all begins from this cause.
13. WHY DO HUMANS EXIST?
The cosmological argument begins with a simple question: Why does the universe exist? When people see an object, they automatically assume that there must be some reason for its existence.
12. DOES ABSOLUTE PROOF OF GOD EXIST?
It is essential to understand that “absolute proof” does not exist, neither here nor in any subject. Every proof, including the logic itself, is derived from assumptions, which in themselves are not inherently provable or reasonable, but simply seem logical and intuitive.
11. WHY SHOULD WE GO DEEPER IN PROVING GOD’S EXISTENCE?
It is essential to make it clear that around each of these arguments, many pencils have been broken and pens have run out of ink. The best philosophical minds in the world have devoted themselves to establishing or criticizing these arguments.