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Aristotle worked out the implications of his ideas about the prime mover and came to several conclusions about the nature of God. |
•the belief that God ( prime mover ) does not depend on anything else for its existence . — if for example, God relied in sunlight for his existence, then God would change and die if the sun fizzled out. • but as God has no potential , which means he has no capacity for change , then he must exist independently ,or necessarily. |
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He must also be eternal because of his lack of potential . If God can not change, then he can not cease to be ,and if he exists , then he must have always existed. |
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“God must be immaterial and beyond time and space” |
All matter is capable of being acted upon - and so God can not be made of matter . •but if God is immaterial -Aristotle thought , then God can not perform any kind of physical activity . |
