Chart of part of the Summa

[buffgbob]

I was talking to my girlfriend the other day, and she mentioned that her dad did not believe God was an intellect. While I was reviewing the summa on God’s cognition, my brain started to whirl. I was trying to understand all Aquinas’ points up until cognition in my mind and was having a terribly hard time doing it. After all, we have discursive minds and I was attempting to skip knowing things habitually. I made a flow chart on how Aquinas’ proofs depend on previous ones so previously proven points can be taken for granted and known habitually. That way, I could understand the latter points of his argumentation. I figured this was the best place to put the chart up for scrutiny and make sure I didn’t skip any of his essential argumentation for any particular subject. Criticism welcome!

Thanks in advance.

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[Eucharisted]

Good arguments, but, it’s not how most atheists think. Most think like this:

• Dose God exist?
• Assuming he dose, is he good?
• Evil exists, why would a good God permit evil?
• A good God wouldn’t allow evil to exist
• God is not a good God
• Most believers believe God is good
• Therefore, God doesn’t exist

Or:

• Dose God exist?
• That believer was pretty rude to me
• But he says God calls him to be good
• He’s being pretty hypocritical
• I shouldn’t believe what he says until he lives what he preaches
• Therefore, I don’t believe in God

Or:

• Dose God exist?
• That believer was pretty rude to me
• But he says God calls him to be good
• He’s being pretty hypocritical
• Most believers I meet are rude
• They must be all hypocrites
• I shouldn’t believe what they say until they live what they preach
• Therefore, I don’t believe in God

Or, if they’re really desperate:

• Dose God exist?
• God is said to have created Hell
• I don’t like the idea of spending eternity in Hell
• Why would God create me for Hell?
• He is an evil God
• Most believers believe He is good
• Therefore, God doesn’t exist