The Cosmological Proof for the Existence of God – 1 (Classic version of Thomas Aquinas)

 

Any thing that exists, exists as part of a larger group.

 

The largest possible group is the universe (the ‘universe’ is defined as the totality of all things)

 

Since, by definition, nothing can exist outside the universe, whatever created the universe cannot be a physical thing from within the universe

 

Therefore whatever created the universe is non-physical and must be a spiritual entity

 

This spiritual entity can only be God

 

The Cosmological Proof for the Existence of God – 2 (Modern version implied by quantum theory)

 

At the moment of the ‘big bang’, physical Space-Time was created

 

Physical Space-Time is the existence of material things and objects

 

Therefore, all material objects were created after the big bang

 

However to speak of the ‘moment’ of the big bang, implies that there was a moment which preceded that moment.

 

Therefore, whatever existed prior to the big bang, must be non-material. That is, there must be spiritual (non-material) existence prior to the big bang.

 

This spiritual existence can only be God

 

The Cosmological Proof for the Existence of God will be discussed Wednesday 21st September 10.30-Noon at Edgewater, Isle of Capri. $5