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Does God exist? Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Prof. Matthew Dugandzic about his latest Thomistic Institute lecture, "Does God Exist.”
Does God Exist? w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Prof. Matthew Dugandzic (Off-Campus Conversations)
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00:00 Introduction
1:20 Approaching the first way
4:42 Epistemology and skepticism
8:25 Thomistic understanding of motion
14:08 Primary and secondary causality
16:38 Accidentally vs. essentially subordinated series of causes
20:51 Derivative status of our causal efficacy
22:24 Growing to depend more on God
24:35 Metaphysical inclination toward fulfillment
30:48 Infinite regress/causal dependency
33:50 Implications of Aquinas's proofs for the spiritual life
41:26 Conclusion
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