About this episode

Fr. Jacob and Fr. Sean discuss contemporary scientific evidence for God's existence and explore St. Thomas' cosmological proofs.

Fr. Jacob and Fr. Sean look at some of the compelling contemporary scientific evidence for the existence of God before discussing St. Thomas' 2nd and 3rd cosmological proofs. Join this discussion of causality, contingency, beauty and wonder at the universe and it's creator.

People in this episode

Host: Fr. Jacob

Guest: Fr. Sean

Topics covered

• cosmology
• existence of God
• scientific evidence
• causality
• contingency
• beauty
• wonder

Keywords

• cosmological evidence
• existence of God
• St. Thomas
• causality
• contemporary science
• beauty of the universe
• wonder

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Books & works: St. Thomas

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