Thomas Aquinas argued that God does exist, and there is evidence to assist in proving his theory on the matter. Thomas Aquinas had many reasonings in believing in a higher power, such as a God, and two of those reason are the argument from motion and the argument from design. In Thomas Aquinas’ belief and idea he discusses an argument he refers to as the argument of motion. In the argument of motion he discusses, how our senses prove that some things always have the potential for motion. He explains that once in actuality that everything has potential for motion, and we perceive that. Although, he talks about potential motion he focuses on motion that is actuality. Actuality is the actual action of motion, meaning when we move an object that is considered actual motion. Aquinas make a valid point in pointing out that for their to be any actual motion there must be someone to cause it, and the first initial motion needed someone to cause that first motion. If you think as humans as an object, then first there must be someone above humans to have …show more content…
One opposing argument about the argument of motion is that part of his argument is a contradiction. The contradiction in Aquinas’ argument is, he claims that there must be a God, because there must be an initial person to cause the first movement or motion, but God is in motion, and how can can there be motion without someone else initiating that actual action of motion. The point of this objection to Aquinas’ theory and belief is that how can we believe God is true, when Aquinas stated that everything moved is first moved by another. So either we are considering God something unmovable and unable to act or Aquinas just contradicts himself and we must assume that God is movable which leaves a question, how could he be the ultimate creator if no one is moving him or initiating a movement from