Tag: Fifth Way (Aquinas)

Panoramic view of the Earth, sun, star and galaxy. Sunrise over planet Earth, view from space. Elements of this image furnished by NASA

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 9, 2025

Categorized
Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Religion, Science

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A Catholic Case for Intelligent Design (Discovery Institute Press 2024), Catholic view of Darwinism, Catholic view of natural selection, Fifth Way (Aquinas), Jonathan Chadwick, Martin Hilbert, Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274)}

New Book: The Catholic Case for the Design of Nature

_{Fr. Martin Hilbert notes that the history of life seems more like a separate collection of bushes than a single tree} _{Denyse O'Leary
February 9, 2025

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Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Religion, Science}

The great Catholic theologian Aquinas noted that “what happens in the working of nature is either always, or mostly, for the better,” which rules out chance. Read More ›

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News
Date
September 23, 2021

Categorized
Philosophy, Science

Tagged
Augustine, Augustinian proof (of God), Featured, Fifth Way (Aquinas), First Way (Aquinas), Five Ways (Aquinas), Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Matt Dillahunty, Michael Egnor, Moral law (as proof of God), Plato, Theology Unleashed}

2. A Neurosurgeon’s Ten Proofs for the Existence of God

_{First, how did a medic, formerly an atheist, who cuts open people’s brains for a living, come to be sure there is irrefutable proof for God?} _{News
September 23, 2021

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Philosophy, Science}

“Does God exist?” On September 17, in a dramatic debate, Christian neurosurgeon Michael Egnor and atheist broadcaster Matt Dillahunty squared off on the question at Theology Unleashed. The debate hosts are Arjuna Das for Theology Unleashed and Nathan from Digital Gnosis as the moderator. A partial transcript and notes follow. Egnor has been a guest at Theology Unleashed, before, debating materialist philosopher David Papineau. The ten proofs of God that he presents as his opening argument below are not drawn from sacred texts but from philosophical reasoning: Michael Egnor: There are, broadly speaking, two different kinds of theology. There’s natural theology and there’s revealed theology. Revealed theology is the use of scripture, personal experiences, or relationships to God. And that’s Read More ›