St. Thomas Aquinas made these pretty ridiculous statements of which i think the 4th is the most obsurd.
in his 4th way, Aquinas states that God determines what is beautiful and good, etc etc.
in my opinion, everytime i see a hot guy, i DOUBT it's god telling me that he's a beautiful hunk
the declaration of beauty is merely an opinion and is different for everyone.
and if God did determine who is beautiful and good, then wouldnt he be sort of discriminating those that are not beautiful and not good?
i really dont think god would do that
if Thomas had said God thinks everyone is equally beautiful and good, then that'll be alright i guess
but if he DETERMINES who's beautiful or good, then that defeats the purpose of pleasing god with faith, now we need to please him with our beauty.
he's like the tyra banks of World's Next Top Beauty or something
Aquinas is somewhat stimulating a sense of competition within us to be more beautiful than the next person
that is totally wrong and unethical because though that happens in the real world, it's a competition for the appeal of a divine character rather than the papparazzi etc.
this is by far the worst statement that he has made in his Five Ways
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