Slowly but surely, the discussion topics on Nostr have broadened. It’s nice to see.

Many people in today's largely atheistic culture are dismissive of the big question “Does God Exist?”. It seems unreasonable, silly even, to fall prey to an apparently obvious myth. Times change, we’re much more advanced than the societies that once believed in Zeus or Jupiter so it seems logical for us to reach a point where we can finally discard this God fantasy. Let me ask you this, does 2 plus 2 ever stop equaling 4 simply because time has gone on? We can’t see, hear, touch, taste, or smell math and yet we don’t deny its existence. Better yet, good luck trying to deny gravity or time itself. We all know reality extends beyond the physical realm. And yet if Christians claim God is the creator of time and space, why would the procession of time affect our answer on whether or not God exists? That would be like looking at an old wooden home thinking at one point a carpenter was responsible for creating it and now thinking it must have just suddenly popped into existence by itself. With housing prices where they are, I’d love it if houses would just pop into existence! This book breaks down St. Thomas Aquinas’s “Five Ways”, also known as “Five Proofs”, for God’s existence by portraying a coffee shop conversation between AJ, an atheist, and Lucy, a Christian. It’s an easy introduction to the exceptionally rigorous thought of philosophy and theology. Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae can be seen in the background and is definitely less accessible! God is not some big man floating in the sky competing with your freedom by imposing Commandments on you. God is existence itself from which all else subsists. He is keeping you in existence this very moment because He loves you. I encourage you to get to know Him. #god #aquinas #stthomasaquinas #jesus #christian #catholic #catholictheology #philosophy #bookreview

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