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Essay heading: The Existence Of God: Theories Of Thomas Aquinas, St. Anselm, And Wil
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He would not only condemn them in
an ancient book, but abolish them altogether along with any other things evil.
If God is supposed to be the "heavenly father" wouldn't he want and impose onto
his children his goodness and weed out all evil?
Aquinas also shows this non-existence through Objective 2 where he
writes how it is expecting too much for something that can be accounted for be a
few principles has been produced by many... displayed 300 characters
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There are other principles that can
account for everything we see in our world supposing God did not exist. All
things can be reduced to one principle, that of nature and therefore there is no
need to suppose God's existence.
Once more I agree with his rationale of this subject, for it is logical
to believe in a simple, visible, measurable concept such as the principle of
nature, instead of something so complex it is near in-conceivable, and not able
to be seen or measured... displayed next 300 characters
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