Cosmological argument

Who claimed to have come up with deductive proof of God's existence through the ontological argument?

• Thomas Aquinas

• Anselm of Canterbury

• Plato

• Aristotle

What was Thomas Aquinas' main critique of Anselm's argument?

• It was not original

• It was too complex

• It lacked empirical evidence

• It was too simple

How many arguments did Thomas Aquinas construct to prove God's existence?

• Three

• Four

• Six

• Five

What are Aquinas' first four arguments collectively known as?

• Ontological arguments

• Epistemological arguments

• Cosmological arguments

• Theological arguments

What does the Argument from Motion suggest?

• Motion does not require a cause

• Everything that moves was moved by something else

• Motion is an illusion

• Objects can move themselves

What is the main idea behind the Argument from Causation?

• Effects can cause themselves

• Causation is an outdated concept

• Causes are not necessary for effects

• Every effect has a cause

What distinguishes a contingent being according to Aquinas?

• It exists necessarily and cannot not exist

• It cannot exist without a cause

• It has the ability to cause itself

• It exists independently of any cause

What does Aquinas argue is necessary to prevent an infinite regress of contingency?

• At least one necessary being

• An infinite number of universes

• A series of contingent beings

• An uncaused cause

What is the main critique against Aquinas' cosmological arguments?

• They are too simplistic to be true

• They only apply to the physical world and not to abstract concepts

• They prove too much, suggesting multiple gods could exist

• They rely on outdated scientific concepts

What is the Argument from Degrees based on?

• The necessity of a first mover

• The idea that everything must have a cause

• The concept of necessary and contingent beings

• The existence of varying degrees of properties