The Contingency Argument

Cameron: One of saint thomas aquinas's arguments for existence of god is the contingency argument. He says that by nature, things don't have necessary existence; they can go out of existence. And so to explain all contingent things, you need a non-contradictory explanation - and this has to be an actual or potential one. cameron: So if there are no human beings on planet earth in five seconds, then something outside my window also doesn't exist. But let me get to this second point,. ye, let's move on.