Argument against the Existence of God
Humans have long struggled with the questions of life; why are we here, and how did we come to exist. In the search for solutions, societies have attempted to provide meaningful answers to these questions by assigning God as the answer. However, it will be argued, that God does not exist and that the universe developed from the Big Bang, and that human life evolved over millennia.
Throughout history, scientists have conducted research into the origins of life on earth and have determined the most scientifically supportable evidence lies in the Big-Bang Theory. This model positions the creation of the universe, time, and space in a singular event, with growth and expansion over billions of years (Woolfson, …show more content…
Specifically, this belief has come about through the teaching of religions who assign all creation to God. Thomas Aquinas, the Catholic theologian, considers the topic of ultimate conception when he postulates that that God is the answer some fundamental scientific problems. Specifically, the origin of motion, the maximum of things, the cause of things, and the intelligent design of all things. Aquinas states that all things must regress and that this regression ultimately ends with God (Boss, 2012, p. 57). Granted, Aquinas is trying to use available logic to explain concepts that had no other frame of reference or scientific language in his lifetime. However, one must also consider that Aquinas also lived at the time of the crusades when the societal pressure to conform to Catholic doctrine was high. As such, he is prone to influence of his thinking and could have been fearful of making heretical statements that would contradict the church.
After considering the points that Aquinas makes, one must then deliberate the modern scientific arguments that might explain just these mysteries, as well as the flaws that remain in Aquinas’ logic. Richard Dawkins explicitly refutes Aquinas when he points out two very compelling arguments. Specifically, he notes that Aquinas regresses establishment of all things to end with God, yet Aquinas provides no explanation for the conception of God (Boss, 2012). Additionally, Dawkins makes a compelling argument regarding the topic of the attributes assigned to God when he
Humans have long struggled with the questions of life; why are we here, and how did we come to exist. In the search for solutions, societies have attempted to provide meaningful answers to these questions by assigning God as the answer. However, it will be argued, that God does not exist and that the universe developed from the Big Bang, and that human life evolved over millennia.
Throughout history, scientists have conducted research into the origins of life on earth and have determined the most scientifically supportable evidence lies in the Big-Bang Theory. This model positions the creation of the universe, time, and space in a singular event, with growth and expansion over billions of years (Woolfson, …show more content…
Specifically, this belief has come about through the teaching of religions who assign all creation to God. Thomas Aquinas, the Catholic theologian, considers the topic of ultimate conception when he postulates that that God is the answer some fundamental scientific problems. Specifically, the origin of motion, the maximum of things, the cause of things, and the intelligent design of all things. Aquinas states that all things must regress and that this regression ultimately ends with God (Boss, 2012, p. 57). Granted, Aquinas is trying to use available logic to explain concepts that had no other frame of reference or scientific language in his lifetime. However, one must also consider that Aquinas also lived at the time of the crusades when the societal pressure to conform to Catholic doctrine was high. As such, he is prone to influence of his thinking and could have been fearful of making heretical statements that would contradict the church.
After considering the points that Aquinas makes, one must then deliberate the modern scientific arguments that might explain just these mysteries, as well as the flaws that remain in Aquinas’ logic. Richard Dawkins explicitly refutes Aquinas when he points out two very compelling arguments. Specifically, he notes that Aquinas regresses establishment of all things to end with God, yet Aquinas provides no explanation for the conception of God (Boss, 2012). Additionally, Dawkins makes a compelling argument regarding the topic of the attributes assigned to God when he