VERITATEM VERANATUR “VERIFY” TO PROVE SOMETHING IS TRUE “VENERATE” RESPECT

TRUTH DOES NOT DEPEND ON: WHAT YOU KNOW YOUR OPINION YOUR BELIEF

CREDO IN UNUM DEUM PATER OMNIPOTENTEM FACTO REM CAELI ET TERRAE ET INVISIBILIUM

DO YOU ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT?

DOES “GOD” EXIST? HOW? WHERE? WHY?

WHY IS THIS THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION HUMANS CAN ASK? WHAT DOES THE ANSWER TELL US?

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BELIEF AND KNOWLEDGE?

THEOLOGY: WHAT YOU KNOW FAITH: WHAT YOU ACCEPT FROM WHAT YOU KNOW RELIGION: WHAT YOU DO

CHALLENGES TO “FAITH” 1.EVIL 2. NATURE/FREE WILL

“SUMMA THEOLOGICA” (SUMMARY OF THEOLOGY) ST. THOMAS AQUINAS “QUINQUAE VIAE” ( 5 PROOFS)

1.THE PRIME MOVER 2.UNCAUSED FIRST CAUSE 3.POSSIBILITY/NECESSITY 4.GRADATION 5.GOVERNANCE OF UNIVERSE

THE PRIME MOVER The universe is in motion. The earth rotates, atoms move, planets and stars are moving. There had to be something that started it all. Think of a line of dominoes. They are still until something starts to knock them over

UNCAUSED FIRST CAUSE The universe exists. I exist. Nothing can cause itself to exist because it would have to exist before itself. But because things exist there had to be “something” that always existed that caused all other things to exist.

POSSIBILITY AND NECESSITY It is possible that some things could not exist, but they do. Because anything exists it must mean that something exists that couldn’t possibly NOT exist. God has to exist for anything to exist.

GRADATION Everything is relative. I am tall next to an infant but short next to a skyscraper. There has to be something that is “tallest.” Because we know there is goodness in the world, there has to be ultimate goodness.

GOVERNANCE OF THE UNIVERSE There seem to be universal laws that govern the universe. The universe does not seem to be ultimately chaotic but ordered. If there is order something had to instill it.

“THE TREE COMES TO ME” Everything in the universe has a nature that tells me what it is.” Everything in the universe fulfills it’s nature. I am in the universe. Therefore I should fulfill my nature.

PORPHYREAN TREE ME MONKEY FLOWER ROCK

Describe the existence of the rock. Can it be more “rockish?”

How does the rock exist? It has mass. It occupies space. It exists in time. It is not alive.

How does the flower exist? It also occupies, space, has mass, and exists in time. However what does the flower “have” that the rock doesn’t?

LIFE And what does the mean for the flower?

DEATH Everything that lives dies.

How does the monkey exist? Compared to the rock? Compared to the flower? What does the monkey have that neither of the other two has?

A MIND The monkey can make choices.

How do I exist? Compared to the rock? Compared to the flower? Compared to the monkey? What do I have that none of the other three have?

CONSCIOUSNESS I CAN CHOOSE BETWEEN RIGHT/WRONG I CAN BE MORE OR LESS HUMAN

I KNOW I EXIST SELF CONSCIOUS

I cannot completely fulfill my nature while I am alive

FREUD’S MODEL OF PERSONALITY SUPER EGO EGOID

HOW PERSONALITY WORKS EGO REASONS SUPER EGO “RIGHT/WRONG” ID “WANTS”

ID When we are born we are “all ID” The center of instinct and pleasure Everyone has one The “devil” on our shoulder

EGO The center of reason and rational thought It develops as we develop Controls and tames the ID

SUPER EGO Last component of personality to develop The center of moral action Must be rightly formed Very few people “live there” (Jesus, St. Francis etc.)

MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS PERSONAL MEANING VALUES BELONGING SAFETY PHYSIOLOGICAL