A for another homework

It took me an hour to write this line.

And it took me another hour to write the words below that first line. I won’t elaborate why it was tedious for me to do this homework, but I’ll let the readers know the cause: the professor wanted us, the class, to say who God is objectively.

I’ve studied in UST for two years before I transferred to San Beda Alabang, fortunately, my stay there have instilled in me who God is.

This is the most objective of the proofs of who God is because it uses logic.

St. Thomas Aquinas' Quinque Viae

God is the ultimate mover.

God is the beginning.

God is a necessity.

God is perfection.

God is the intelligent designer of all things.

For further explanation:

The First Way"The Argument from Motion"
Nothing can move itself.
For any object to move, something must move the object.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Therefore, If any object moves, then there must be a mover.St. Thomas called this Unmoved Mover "God." Why? Because God is eternal, from everlasting to everlasting; God has no beginning and no end. Why doesn't it make sense to humans? Because we're locked in a dimension called "time."


The Second Way"Argument from Causation (Creation) and Existence"
There exists things that were caused or created by other things.
Nothing can be the cause of itself (or create itself).
There can not be an endless string of things causing other things to exist.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Therefore, there must be an uncaused first cause.
St. Thomas is saying that everything has a beginning, and that beginning is God.

The Third Way"Argument from Contingent and Necessary Objects"
Contingent beings are caused (every contingent being depends on another being).
Not every being can be contingent (there must be something that isn't dependent on anything else.)
There must be a being which is necessary to cause contingent beings.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Therefore, this necessary being is God.



The Fourth Way"Argument from Degrees and Perfection"
Qualities of things differ (everything in the universe has a different level of quality).
There are many different levels of quality.
There must be a perfect standard by which all such qualities are measured.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Therefore, these perfections are contained in God (perfection personified). Something in the universe might be perfect to a degree, but not to a perfect perfection.

The Fifth Way"Argument from Intelligent Design"
There is an observable universe and order in nature.
Common sense (also known as judgment, by using the 5 senses) tells us that nature works in such a way.
A person can conclude that everything was designed by an intelligent designer.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Therefore, God is the Intelligent Designer of all physical laws of nature and order in the universe.