104: What is the argument for God's existence from possibility and necessity

Pints With Aquinas

Matt Fradd

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2018

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Pints With Aquinas is a fully fan funded show. Please consider supporting here: https://www.patreon.com/pwa Get our new book on Aquinas' 5 ways here: https://www.amazon.com/Does-God-Exist-Socratic-Dialogue-ebook/dp/B079SQNPTX/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1525116594&sr=8-1&keywords=fradd Here's what Aquinas said in the ST on the third way: The third way is taken from possibility and necessity, and runs thus. We find in nature things that are possible to be and not to be, since they are found to be generated, and to corrupt, and consequently, they are possible to be and not to be. But it is impossible for these always to exist, for that which is possible not to be at some time is not. Therefore, if everything is possible not to be, then at one time there could have been nothing in existence. Now if this were true, even now there would be nothing in existence, because that which does not exist only begins to exist by something already existing. Therefore, if at one time nothing was in existence, it would have been impossible for anything to have begun to exist; and thus even now nothing would be in existence — which is absurd. Therefore, not all beings are merely possible, but there must exist something the existence of which is necessary. But every necessary thing either has its necessity caused by another, or not. Now it is impossible to go on to infinity in necessary things which have their necessity caused by another, as has been already proved in regard to efficient causes. Therefore we cannot but postulate the existence of some being having of itself its own necessity, and not receiving it from another, but rather causing in others their necessity. This all men speak of as God. SPONSORS EL Investments: https://www.elinvestments.net/pints Exodus 90: https://exodus90.com/mattfradd/ Hallow: http://hallow.app/mattfradd STRIVE: https://www.strive21.com/ GIVING Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mattfradd This show (and all the plans we have in store) wouldn't be possible without you. I can't thank those of you who support me enough. Seriously! Thanks for essentially being a co-producer coproducer of the show. LINKS Website: https://pintswithaquinas.com/ Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/matt-fradd FREE 21 Day Detox From Porn Course: https://www.strive21.com/ SOCIAL Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mattfradd Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattfradd Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattfradd MY BOOKS Does God Exist: https://www.amazon.com/Does-God-Exist-Socratic-Dialogue-ebook/dp/B081ZGYJW3/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&keywords=fradd&qid=1586377974&sr=8-9 Marian Consecration With Aquinas: https://www.amazon.com/Marian-Consecration-Aquinas-Growing-Closer-ebook/dp/B083XRQMTF/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=fradd&qid=1586379026&sr=8-4 The Porn Myth: https://www.ignatius.com/The-Porn-Myth-P1985.aspx CONTACT Book me to speak: https://www.mattfradd.com/speakerrequestform Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Pines with Aquinas.
0:02.8	I'm Matt Fraad, if you didn't know that, that's who I am.
0:05.8	Who are you? Good to meet you.
0:07.1	Thanks for being here. Thanks for listening.
0:09.2	If you could sit down over a pint of beer with Thomas Aquinas
0:13.2	and ask him any one question, what would it be?
0:15.4	Today we're going to ask him, give me another argument
0:18.0	for the existence of God, and he's going to share with us his third way.
0:31.0	You think you're high?
0:32.5	Guys, I want to say he's going to share his third way.
0:34.8	I really mean I'm going to explain to you his third way.
0:37.7	And the way I'm going to do that is hopefully in somewhat of a creative way.
0:41.4	You'll know, doubt away, that I recently wrote a book called,
0:44.5	Does God Exist a Socratic Dialogue on the Five Ways of Thomas Aquinas?
0:50.2	Now, for those of you who aren't aware, I wrote it with my friend,
0:53.8	Dr. Robert Delphino, as a Socratic Dialogue.
0:57.1	What happens is an atheist walks into a coffee shop one day
1:00.9	and he's wearing this obnoxious shirt that says,
1:03.4	I'm an atheist, debate me.
1:05.6	And Lucy, who is the Christian character in the story,
1:09.7	looks up at him and just says, wow, that's a provocative confrontational t-shirt you got there.
1:15.2	And he says, yeah, got it online, right?
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