A Defense of Classical Theology (Part 2): God is not a god

Описание: In part 2 of this series, we're going to make it quite clear that God as understood in the classical theistic tradition has nothing to do with 'the gods' of pagan polytheism and represents a totally different order of reality. This confusion is at epidemic levels in popular discourse, which results in anyone hardly ever talking about God at all, rather debating how many gods/cosmic superheroes there are: totally irrelevant for the classical theist. We will make this distinction clear in a few different ways, and I'll also present a Thomistic proof for the existence of Subsistent Existence Itself based on the essence-existence distinction and show how this is really the same as Pure Act/unactualized actualizer we were discussing in part 1 with St. Thomas' argument from change/motion. We'll then see that the gods have absolutely nothing to do with Subsistent Existence Itself/Ipsum Esse Subsistens.

In this video series, I will make the case for classical theism and for the classical theological tradition more generally. This will, in part, involve a critique of atheism, modern metaphysics, including naturalism, an examination of what a profound atheism would look like, a defense of Aristotelian-Thomistic metaphysics, and the positive case for classical theism.

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References / Additional reading:

De Ente et Essentia (On Being and Essence) by St. Thomas Aquinas: http://dhspriory.org/thomas/DeEnte&Es...

Aquinas (A Beginner’s Guide) by Edward Feser: https://www.amazon.com/Aquinas-Beginn...

The Distinction of Essence and Existence by Edward Feser:   / edward-feser-the-distinction-of-essence-an...  

Five Proofs of the Existence of God by Edward Feser: https://www.amazon.com/Five-Proofs-Ex...

The Atheist's Guide to Reality: Enjoying Life without Illusions by Alex Rosenberg: https://www.amazon.com/Atheists-Guide...

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