I do not think that the Bible supports the "unmoved mover" concept of God....I think just the opposite in fact. Aquinas borrowed heavily from the writings of St. Augustinem, Boethius and others, agreeing with Aristotle’s notion of God as an “unmoved mover.” Greek Hellenistic Metaphysics to explain the Christian God. Aquinas said posited that God moves the world but remains unmoved himself. Among other things, this means that God is not reciprocally related to the world. So therfore, for Aquinas, God can only relate to the world by relating to himself as the cause of the world. As such, he believed that the relationship between God and the world is real to the world....but not to God.
I can't see it....I don’t see how this view of God is at all compatible the indisputable truth of our (Christian) faith... that God became a man in the person of Jesus Christ. If we look to Christ—rather than Aristotle—to reveal to us who God is, it’s hard to see how we can justify the conclusion that God is not reciprocally related to his creation. God is so affected by the plight of humans and of all creation that he become a human to save us and creation from the devil’s oppression.
IMO, this view of God, relating to and becoming vulernable even unto death by his own creation, is the truest conception of God ever imagined. Aquinas' intention was to show the greatness of God, but I think Aquinas’ “unmoved mover” concept could be actually insulting to God.
I can't see it....I don’t see how this view of God is at all compatible the indisputable truth of our (Christian) faith... that God became a man in the person of Jesus Christ. If we look to Christ—rather than Aristotle—to reveal to us who God is, it’s hard to see how we can justify the conclusion that God is not reciprocally related to his creation. God is so affected by the plight of humans and of all creation that he become a human to save us and creation from the devil’s oppression.
IMO, this view of God, relating to and becoming vulernable even unto death by his own creation, is the truest conception of God ever imagined. Aquinas' intention was to show the greatness of God, but I think Aquinas’ “unmoved mover” concept could be actually insulting to God.
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