Prime Mover (Strengths & Weaknesses)

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Prime Mover Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths
-Can be applied to virtually any object in the universe. -Idea serves a logical viewpoint - there must be a start point to the universe. Something had to be the uncaused first cause. This is because we know that everything within the universe has a cause so it makes the most sense to believe the universe also had a cause. -The PM is not a God that interacts with the world (completely transcendent), thus any problem of evil that is posed towards it is eliminated. The prime mover explains the reason behind all the motion and change that occur in the world.

Weaknesses
Where did the matter that make up this universe come from? -If the PM is so powerful, then why is He bound and limited to not being able to interact with the world- this undermines the power he has -Part of his perfection is that he can only think of himself, any other thought would mean him changing. But, then what is the reason for the existence of humanity and the universe. If the prime mover did not think to initiate the start of universe, as it can only think about itself, then how did the universe come into being. -The Prime Mover being the creator does not account for how the matter of the universe came to be. -How can the PM be perfect but, but be so ignorant to an entire would he has created -If the PM is just 'spiritual energy' and cannot interact with the world, then how can anything interact with it. Science tells that that for every interaction, there is another interaction occuring with another object.

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