How St. Thomas Aquinas' Second Way for Proving the Existence of God Works (Aquinas 101)

How do we know that God exists? Can we know him by reason alone? In this episode of Aquinas 101: How St. Thomas Aquinas' Second Way for Proving the Existence of God Works, join Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P., a Dominican friar from the Province of St. Joseph, as he presents how St. Thomas Aquinas' Second Way for proving the existence of God works.

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[pintswithaquinas]

6th proof for God's existence: There is the calm, smooth, smoldering voice of Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, therefore God exists.

[phetmoz]

I absolutely love your golden radio voice Fr. Cuddy, it made it a pleasure to follow along in the video.
Thanks for illuminating us all, Thomistic Institute.

[Lerian_V]

I have been waiting for this video. The second way is my go-to argument for God's existence. To me, it is the most airtight of all the other arguments.

[josephezekielsegismar]

I've just downloaded all your videos, listening to all your talks everyday makes me more intelligent.

[tobetrayafriend]

Thanks lads, keep up the excellent work!

[BayouMaccabee]

Fr. Cuddy's voice sounds so much like Fr. Chad Ripperger's voice...it's uncanny

[christopherkleiber]

Great video, would like to see one on just war theory.

[oreo]

love these videos. Thanks for posting.

[ilprofsatoru]

But he's Wang from Dr.Strange! 😂❤

[SeaJay_Oceans]

Well, the Bible says God is Love, Love LOVE, Love others, Love Your Self, Love Enemies, and of Faith, Hope, & Love, Love is Eternal...
Without Love, we are just noise - so without God we are just noise & dust ! So my proof of God existing are parents loving & raising their children to healthy adults ! :-) Every Living person is PROOF of Love for Life, Earth, & People made in God's image.
Where there is God, there is Love. Every Loving coupled gathered together in His Name is Blessed by the Holy Spirit of Truth !

[slavicsoup]

“Thinking is not an easy activity…”

This is so relatable

[renecordero]

This is an excellent presentation, I loved it.

[anthonyw]

Fascinating. May God Bless you all for this!

[antoniomoyal]

Brillant and clear as always cant wait to see how you treat infinity in the next one. The key to the argument.

[wms]

I'm sorry, but this video was a waste of time. Too much repetition in it, saying at least 3 times St. Thomas starts with empirical evidence. Would have been better to make progress instead of repeating so many times.

[INFINITY_]

Pls.forgive me about this question?....
What is saint thomas cause of death ...?

[theplinkerslodge]

The problem I have with purporting that STAq legitimately allows reason to be used to prove the existence of God is 1) the complexity of STAq's 5 ways, at all, and 2) not knowing all the refutation attempts. How can I accept STAq's theory without seeing the failure of ALL refutations? It all seems so loosey goosey - where do we hit bone? There are a lot of Youtubers who claim to refute STAq.

[TboneWTF]

Why would you believe the claims from an ancient historical figure that didn't even know how or what gravity was? Also, why is it so difficult to think critically for yourself and come to your own rational conclusions?

[robouteguilliman]

In another life, Father Catejan would have become very wealthy reading audiobooks and singing babies to sleep.

[RocknRoRose]

Sorry not everyone has perfect human senses but some may have supernatural senses and as they link to God as the Father, Son and Holy Spirit I think it can be infinite, because supernatural is infinite and a human lifespan is a cycle based on conceiving our own children. Always strive and be on the good path of God as God is always good all the time, even in rightful anger.