The roles of the PM are linked to the roles of god but the 2 must not be confused. As the PM is transcendent he cannot interact with the human world as he is the greater entity. Aristotle’s concept of the Prime Mover found its way into the medieval theology of Thomas Aquinas and his cosmological proof for the existence of God. Likewise, Aristotle’s teleological arguments found their way into Aquinas’ Natural Law. An accidental universe is as likely as a caused one There are many modern scientific theories that attempt to grasp why the universe is here, who put it here and who created everything in it.
However, without the other three an object would not be completely understood so they are also necessary. The Four Causes originate from Aristotle’s reaction to the rejection of Plato’s theory of the forms, which Aristotle saw as inconceivable and unreasonable. Unlike Plato, who discovered meaning in a different reality, Aristotle was much more intrigued by the world around him to provide evidence for his theory. With these four causes Aristotle believed that the concept of a thing could be completely grasped, enabling a comprehension of a thing to truly occur. The Material Cause – What is it made from?
Since nothing can move of its own accord, and nothing can change itself, there had to be something else which has no cause and had the ability to initiate the Universe. Aquinas said that this entity without a cause and the power to create a Universe had to be an ‘Unmoved Mover/ Prime Mover’. He surmised that this Prime Mover had to be God. This argument has some positive points, in the fact that the natural occurrence of movement plus change have been brought into it, which makes the argument seem valid and plausible. However,
Paley believed that no one else would have been intelligent enough to create the order and complexity of the universe. Aquinas also argues the point that the order and purpose of the world proves that there must be a designer behind it. He believed that God was the answer to the unexplainable and that all natural bodies act for an end. An example for
There is evidence of this within the Bible when God causes miracles however there is also evidence of this in the natural world as when God causes natural disasters, he is interacting with his creation. The Prime Mover cannot interact with creation as he necessarily exists and is independent from everyone
For the laws of nature to be broken it must be an omnipotent being that broke them. This means that they are all powerful and can do anything. Raising someone from the dead is seemingly impossible this means that the resurrection of Lazarus couldn’t have happened without divine intervention. If something unexpected happens you can’t just say that it was God. You could say it might be God but you can’t say it was for certain.
It is snowballing; it builds on achievements of previous scientists. This explanation shows that science can be a belief system as nothing can ever be proven 100% as there will always be something or someone that will disprove a theory with other evidence and therefore people belief what they have been told. This is much like religions in a way by the fact that religion cannot be proven it is something that people believe in. If Popper is right then it doesn’t why science has grown over the last few centuries. Merton argues that science can only succeed as a major social institution if it receives support from other institutions and values.
in order to be valid it has to be deductive in order to be sound it has to be valid. premises must be true in our world with no changes for the argument. if the premises can be made true and the conclusion is true it's valid soundness is a further feature of validity. jackson reading- the mind is above the physical.it has to be experienced 1. Darwins dangerous idea was that he asked the question who created life, and his response was that no one did which in it's nature denies the supernatural explanation of the universe.
Aquinas states that; Everything in the world is moving or changing, Nothing can move or change by itself, There cannot be an infinite regress of things changing other things, Therefore there must be a first (prime) mover/changer and this mover is called God. Secondly, and the most famous aspect of the Cosmological Argument is the First Cause Argument. It is similar in the steps it follows in comparison to the Unmoved
I choose whether to believe in God or not, based on evidence and experiences in my own life. Thus, it would seem quite obvious that we do indeed have freewill. But what if our actions are really all pre-determined, and we only have this illusion of freedom of choice. What if they are controlled by Distinct Causation, the idea that our behaviors are cause by things like genetics, upbringing, and other things over which we have no control (Sober 2002)? God is all powerful and all knowing.