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#664 – Alex O’ Connor deconstructs Ben Shapiro and Ed Feser (REBUTTED)

The Counsel of Trent

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Ben Shapiro shares Catholic philosopher Ed Phazor's argument from motion for the existence of God, which is based on Aquinas' first way. Alex O'Connor offers three objections to this particular argument. The most important terms in the argument that you need to understand are actuality and potentiality. There has to be one prime clause that cause can't have any potential because something else could activate it into changing.

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