[betty boop]

Thank you so much, FreedomProtector, for providing the details of Aquinas' arguments WRT to causation. He, of course, was a student of Aristotle (among other things).

Thank you also for the links to Dr. Craig! Will be visiting them soon.

[FreedomProtector]

Thank you so much, FreedomProtector, for providing the details of Aquinas' arguments WRT to causation. He, of course, was a student of Aristotle (among other things).

The strength of Aquinas arguments WRT to causation was the reliance on Aristotle thought and Aristotelian logic. The reliance on Aristole to Aquinas writings as a whole was a weekness. Aquinas didn't expend much effort discrediting parts of Aristotelean thought which are invalid. In the years to follow, the teachings of Aristotle became elevated to that of scripture and orthodoxy. Although not writing something is not equivalent to cause, nor do I believe Aquinas elevated Arisotle to the level of scripture, this is one of the only criticisms of Aquinas which I believe has some validity.

thoughts?