use for us being here.Aquinas fifth and final argument is from the governance of the world, or simply put, design. He states that things in nature that lack intelligence act in a certain way to obtain the best result, which is to survive. As Aquinas says, not fortuitously, but designedlythey achieve their purpose. (Bowie, 59, Col.2). He states that these things that lack intelligence cannot achieve their purpose without being directed by some being endowed with intelligence and knowledge. (Bowie, 59, Col.2). Aquinas concludes that this being which gives purpose to certain things in nature must exist, and according to him this being is God.After proposing his five arguments, Aquinas offers his reply to the two objections as stated in the beginning. To the first objection, he states that the evil in the world is all a part of His plan. He says that He [God] should allow evil to exist, and out of it produce good. (Bowie, 59. Col.2). To the second objection, he states that everything in nature must be traced back to a first cause, which is God. He then states that human reason is changeable and things that change can only come from an immovable unchanged first principle, which he states is God.Although Saint Thomas Aquinas wrote five arguments on the existence of God, to me all but one of them seemed to reiterate the same theory. His writings about the first mover, First Efficient Cause, possibility and necessity, and design all seem to say that nothing can be without Being first. I am not convinced by this theory. I believe that Aquinas text ignores the question of who is responsible for the creation of this first mover. I feel that science better explains why nature is the way it is. The theory of evolution gives a more plausible reason why things are the way they are. The environment wasnt designed for everything in it. All living things in nature adapted to their surroundings. As for the remaining idea of gradation, I be...
