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Thomas Aquinas' 5 Proof's of God
Thomas Aquinas was a great philosopher who thought through reason and reason is a way that I like to approach subjects that I may question. The five proofs are motion, efficient causes, necessary being, gradation, and design. (Gracyk, Theodore. "St. Thomas Aquinas -- Summa Theologicae." Minnesota State University Moorhead Web. Minnesota State University Moorhead, 5 Dec. 2013. Web. 27 Jan. 2014.)
Argument from Motion - since everything that moves is moved by another, there must be an unmoved mover.
Argument from Efficient Cause - sequence of causes which make up this universe must have a first cause.
Argument to Necessary Being - since all living things are dependent on another thing, there must be at least one thing that is not dependent and so is a necessary being.
Argument from Gradation - since everything can be compared to being perfect, there must exist a being that is absolutely perfect.
Argument from Design - the intricate design and order of existent things and natural processes imply that a Great Designer exists.
In the end I think that with Aquinas' thought from reason, he came to all of these arguments through the thought of intelligent design. Logically he thought that the this great world is just too good to have an explanation so he turned to God for this explanation. This is all circumstantial evidence of God. All of the design ideas point to a higher being, probably God.