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<H3>On the Five Ways of Proving the Existence of God of Saint Thomas Aquinas</H3>
<P><a HREF="http://www.newadvent.org/summa/1002.htm"><B>The Five Ways of Proving that God Exists</B></a> -- <I>Summa Theologiae</I> Ia, q. 2, a. 3.<BR>
(See also Aquinas' other discussions of <A HREF="existgod.html">God's existence</A> and his <A HREF="nattheol.html">Natural Theology</A>).
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<P>The Five Ways in Context<BR>
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<P>Analysis of the First Way<BR>
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<P>Assessment of the First Way<BR>
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</table><P><B>Explanations/Analysis of the Five Ways: (arranged in ascending order of
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<a href="http://thatrswebsite.blogspot.com/2015/03/a-brief-review-of-arguments-for_13.html">Cosmological Arguments (including Aquinas')</a> -- by Stephen A. Richards
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<a href="http://www.ewtn.com/library/THEOLOGY/CAUSEFRS.HTM">Problems of the
First Cause</a> by Fr. William Most, from the electronic library of EWTN.
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<a href="http://www.saintaquinas.com/philosophy.html">Philosophical Proofs on
the Existence of God</a> -- by S. M. Miranda
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<a href="http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/pecorip/SCCCWEB/ETEXTS/PHIL_of_RELIGION_TEXT/CHAPTER_4_ARGUMENTS_REASON/Cosmological.htm">Explanation
of the First Way</a> -- by Philip A. Pecorino.&nbsp; Also includes other
cosmological arguments and objections, especially in the light of Big Bang
cosmology.
<LI>
<a href="http://www.quodlibet.net/aqu5ways.shtml">An Examination of Thomas
Aquinas' Cosmological Arguments as found in the Five Ways</a> -- by Scott David
Foutz
<LI>
<a href="secondway-mcgraw.html">To Follow the Second Way of Aquinas</a> -- by David McGraw.
An explanation of the proof from efficient causality (dynamic punch) and a
defense of identifying the First Cause with God.  Also includes an impressive list of links to relevant resources on the internet.
<LI>
<a href="http://ftp.colloquium.co.uk/~barrett/thomas.html">Five Proofs of God</a>
-- by Joseph E. Barrett: being &quot;Excerpts lifted from <i>Thomas Aquinas: God
and Explanations</i> by Professor Christopher F J Martin.&quot;
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<P><B>Analysis of Thomistic Proofs in General:</B>
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<A HREF="http://www.nd.edu/Departments/Maritain/ti/carroll.htm">
St. Thomas and Big Bang Cosmology</A> -- by William Carroll
<LI>
<A HREF="http://www.innerexplorations.com/philtext/ex.htm">
Can the Existence of God Be Known by Reason?</A> -- by James Arraj
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<P><B>Criticisms of Aquinas:</B>
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<A HREF="http://www.reformed.org/webfiles/antithesis/v2n3/ant_v2n3_thomism.html">The Resurrection of Thomism</A>, by Doug Erlandson.
Claims the principle &quot;nothing comes from nothing&quot; is circular and
question begging.
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<A HREF="../Questions/exnihilo.html">Reply to Erlandson</A>, by Joseph Magee.
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<A HREF="http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/quentin_smith/universe.html">
Internal and External Causal Explanations of the Universe (1995)</A>
 by Quentin Smith
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<P>See also "<A HREF="http://www.leaderu.com/truth/1truth11.html">Why the Burden of Proof is on the Atheist</A>," by Ralph McInerny.
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