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5 CENTURY-ST. AUGUSTINE
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REASONABLENESS OF BELIEF IN GODS

EXISTENCE.

GOD EXISTS-THEISTIC HYPOTHESIS

 RELIGIOUS PEOPLE-DO NOT TREAT GODS EXISTENCE AS A HYPOTHESIS BUT

GOD IS A CONSTANT PRESENCE

JEWISH OR CHRISTIANS- DO NOT ARGUE ABOUT GODS EXISTENCE

PROVING GODS EXISTENCE IS LIKE TRYING TO PROVE EXISTENCE OF THE
AIR WE BREATHE

OLD TESTAMENT-PROBLEM-NOT ATHEISM BUT POLYTHEISM NOT DENIAL

OF GOD BUT THE WORSHIP OF TOO MANY GODS

NEW TESTAMENT-REALITY OF GOD IS UNQUESTIONED DUE TO THE

PRESCENCE OF JESUS OF THE NAZARETH THE ETERNAL GOD BECAME FLESH.

EARLIEST MISSIONARY ENDEAVORS OF CHRISTIANS-THEY

PREACH TO JEWS WHO ACCEPTED THE REALITY OF GOD

UNTIL-CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES CONFRONTED A VARIETY OF

NATURALISTIC PHILOSOPHY THAT THEY NEED TO ARGUE
PHILOSOPHICALLY FOR EXISTENCE OF GOD

BUT-THE TASK WAS NOT CONSIDERED FORMIDABLE FOR THE

BASIC STRUCTURE OF THE ARGUMENTS

FOR AUGUSTINE 354-430 CE

PHILOSOPHY IS A MORE SAPIENTIAL-THE LOVE OF WISDOM-AIMS TO
PRODUCE HAPPINESS

BUT-WISDOM IS NOT JUST AN ABSTRACT LOGICAL CONSTRUCTIONINSTEAD HES AIM SUBSTANTIALLY EXISTENT AS THE DIVINE LOGOS

HENCE-PHILOSOPHY IS THE LOVE OF GOD-SO THEN IT IS RELIGIOUS

TEACHING OF CHRISTIANITY-BASED ON THE LOVE OF GOD-THE ROOT OF
THE ARGUMENTS OF AUGUSTINE,AQUINAS AND ANSELM.

FOR AUGUSTINE AGAIN

CHRISTIANITY AS PRESENTING THE FULL REVELATION OF THE TRUE GOD IS THE

ONLY AND TRUE PHILOSOPHY

HOWEVER-WE CAN ONLY LOVE SOMETHING WE KNOW

WHEN COMES THIS KNOWLEDGE OF GOD???-IT BEGINS WITH FAITH AND IS MADE
PERFECT BY UNDERSTANDING

ALL KNOWLEDGE LEADS TO GOD-FAITH SUPPLEMENTS AND ENLIGHTENS REASON-

THAT IT MAY PROCEED TO EVER RICHER AND FULLER UNDERSTANDING-WITHOUT

FAITH SOONER OR LATER GOES ASTRAY

I HAVE EVERYTHING
I HAVE SEEN ALL
I KNEW ALL
I HAVE HEARD ALL
I HAD IT ALL
I HAD LOSTI AM A BIT LOST

WE SHOULD ACCEPT HUMBLY THAT WITHOUT GOD WE

ARE BOUND TO FAIL

WE MUST PROVE THAT TRUTH IS ATTAINABLE BY REASON

FOR SAINT AUGUSTINEAGAIN.-SENSES YIELD NO
CERTAINTY IN THEMSELVES SO THAT WE CANNOT DOUBT
THEIR REPORTS

 IT IS THE WILL WHICH DIRECT THE MINDS EYE TO TRUTH, FIRST INVADING
TO THE MIND ITSELF THEN UPWARD TO THE ETERNAL TRUTH

AUGUSTINE SPEAKSAGAIN.-MAN IS A RATIONAL SUBSTANCE

CONSTITUTED OF SOUL N BODY, IT MEANS THE SOUL RETAINS ITS PROPER

ENTITY, AND THE SOUL APART FROM THE BODY MAY BE CONSIDERED AS A
SUBSTANCE

THE PROGRESS IN KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM IS NOT ONLY SPECULATIVE,

IT IS MORE FUNDAMENTALLY PRACTICAL AND MORAL

FOR ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

OF ALL CREATURES, HUMAN BEINGS HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE

THEMSELVES AND THING FOR THE BETTER

AQUINAS CONSIDERS HUMANS-AS MORAL AGENT

OUR SPIRITUALITY SEPARATES US FROM ANIMALS; IT DIFFERENTIATES
MORAL DIMENSION OF OUR FULFILLMENT IN ACTION

THROUGH OUR SPIRITUALITY-WE HAVE A CONSCIENCE

WETHER WE CHOOSE TO BE GOOD OR EVIL IT BECOMES OUR
RESPONSIBILITY

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION XD