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WorksheetsAquinas Cosmological argument for existence of God
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
The Cosmological argument has been presented by...
St Thomas Aquinas
St Anselm of Canterbury
Aristotle
St Augustine of Hippo
How many 'ways' does Aquinas present as proofs of God?
5
3
2
6
How many of Aquinas' ways are cosmological arguments?
3
2
1
5
Aquinas Way 3 starts with evidence in the universe, that all things are...
contingent
necessary
caused
moved by a mover
A contingent thing...
doesn't have to exist
has to exist
is caused by God
is moved by God
The universe is therefore also contingent, so at one point nothing existed. This means there must be a...
necessary being
contingent being
uncaused causer
unmoved mover
Leibniz argued that...
we require full explanations for why things exist
God must have created the world
the Big Bang explains how the universe started
the reason for the universe's existence is within the universe itself
Way 1 argues from
Cause
Motion
Contingency
Necessary
Way 2 argues that there has to be
An Unmoved Mover
A Prime Mover
An Uncaused Cause
A necessary being
