Thomas Aquinas logical proof for a first-mover*below* holds not to prove God, but to prove the beginning of existence. Through means of astronomy and astrophysics the general consensus of the scientific community is that Aquinas is right, a first-mover, big-bang, started our universe. Though more debated the general consensus amongst scientists is that the universe will come to a similar end, called the big crunch. This end can be logical deduced using argument similar to that proving a beginning.
What could have existed just prior to the big-bang? Either an existence greater than the universe we know, which brings us back to our logical proofs of a beginning and end or an infinite temporal void in which no laws of physics or reality apply. From this void there exists the possibility that the universe, without any laws constraining its spontaneous creation, self-created. From this void also exists the possibility that Flying Spaghetti Monster, the eventual planer and initiator of our universe, without any laws constraining His spontaneous creation, self-created.
Self-creating existence ends in a "big-crunch", the eventual return of that existence to its point of origin. The return of existence back to nothing would bring us back to a place ware both Flying Spaghetti Monster and spontaneous-creation are possibilities. No matter how low the possibility is, it must be that a creator will self-create.
Flying Spaghetti Monster would there for exist in a place of rules created entirely of His choice. He would have existed forever, as time would have no meaning in the meaningless nothing. He would be all knowing, as all existence would be from His mind. He could do only what is good, as evil would be defined as that which He did not will directly to exist. Evil would be possible by giving autonomous decision making abilities, similar to the freewill He has, to any part of her creation and that creation choosing contrary to how Ann would have.
Simply thinking would be the creation process for Flying Spaghetti Monster. In giving humanity free will He would think about how it would proceed from there. He would not eliminate the possibility of evil prior to its choice, as this would eliminated the existence of all the creation that came from the continued thinking about those who had chosen evil. Good things would happen to relatively bad people and bad things happen to relatively good people, as eliminating this would eliminate all of creation that came from continued thinking about those to whom this would happen.
1st Argument: from Motion
1. Some things are in motion (as our senses show).
2. Whatever is moved is moved by another. ( Motion is actualization of a potential requiring prior actuality in the mover and unactualized potential in the moved.)
3. This cannot go on to infinity.(because laws of physics mandate that nothing moves itself without an outside action uppon it)
4. So, there must be a first (unmoved) mover.
5. This first mover is Flying Spaghetti Monster.
2nd Argument: from the nature of efficient cause
1. In the world there is an order of efficient causes
2. Nothing is the efficient cause of itself. (Because then it would be "prior to itself.)"
3. This cannot go on to infinity.
4. So, there must be a first mover.
5. This first mover is Flying Spaghetti Monster.
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to "say what we think" about TA's first-mover proofs was a philosophy class asignment, do you think i should turn this in?
What could have existed just prior to the big-bang? Either an existence greater than the universe we know, which brings us back to our logical proofs of a beginning and end or an infinite temporal void in which no laws of physics or reality apply. From this void there exists the possibility that the universe, without any laws constraining its spontaneous creation, self-created. From this void also exists the possibility that Flying Spaghetti Monster, the eventual planer and initiator of our universe, without any laws constraining His spontaneous creation, self-created.
Self-creating existence ends in a "big-crunch", the eventual return of that existence to its point of origin. The return of existence back to nothing would bring us back to a place ware both Flying Spaghetti Monster and spontaneous-creation are possibilities. No matter how low the possibility is, it must be that a creator will self-create.
Flying Spaghetti Monster would there for exist in a place of rules created entirely of His choice. He would have existed forever, as time would have no meaning in the meaningless nothing. He would be all knowing, as all existence would be from His mind. He could do only what is good, as evil would be defined as that which He did not will directly to exist. Evil would be possible by giving autonomous decision making abilities, similar to the freewill He has, to any part of her creation and that creation choosing contrary to how Ann would have.
Simply thinking would be the creation process for Flying Spaghetti Monster. In giving humanity free will He would think about how it would proceed from there. He would not eliminate the possibility of evil prior to its choice, as this would eliminated the existence of all the creation that came from the continued thinking about those who had chosen evil. Good things would happen to relatively bad people and bad things happen to relatively good people, as eliminating this would eliminate all of creation that came from continued thinking about those to whom this would happen.
1st Argument: from Motion
1. Some things are in motion (as our senses show).
2. Whatever is moved is moved by another. ( Motion is actualization of a potential requiring prior actuality in the mover and unactualized potential in the moved.)
3. This cannot go on to infinity.(because laws of physics mandate that nothing moves itself without an outside action uppon it)
4. So, there must be a first (unmoved) mover.
5. This first mover is Flying Spaghetti Monster.
2nd Argument: from the nature of efficient cause
1. In the world there is an order of efficient causes
2. Nothing is the efficient cause of itself. (Because then it would be "prior to itself.)"
3. This cannot go on to infinity.
4. So, there must be a first mover.
5. This first mover is Flying Spaghetti Monster.
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to "say what we think" about TA's first-mover proofs was a philosophy class asignment, do you think i should turn this in?
