St. Thomas Aquinas Five Proofs For The Existence Of God

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St. Thomas Aquinas perceives that there were some people who mistrust the existence of God, so he forms five ways to prove that God exist and these proofs were based on his own reasoning and observation. First way is the proof from Motion, which he said that an object cannot move by itself so in order for that object to move it needed a first mover whom itself is unmoved (pertaining to God).Second way is the proof from Efficient Cause; he stated that nothing exists prior to itself so there was an efficient cause (a maker) who is the maker of all things on earth. Third way is the proof from Possibility vs. Necessity, he stated that things on the world has the possibility to exist or not to, but those acts need to be done by the one who is already