Aquinas’ fifth argument, commonly called the teleological argument attempts to prove the existence of God. The argument states that unintelligent beings or things tend to act, grow, or develop towards an intelligent goal or end. The following is taken from Aquinas “Summa Theologica” explaining his teleological argument for God’s existence:

The fifth way is taken from the governance of the world. We see that

things which lack knowledge, such as natural bodies, a

achieve their end, not fortuitously, but designedly. Now whatever

intelligent designer. Perhaps God did not create man. Let us suppose that aliens from another galaxy put mankind on this planet we call Earth. Also, that mankind put here on Earth was exactly as we know mankind physically to be today. It is quite a perfect match, humans and the planet Earth, for Earth offers a perfect environment to produce such life forms as man. Humans need oxygen to survive; fortunately the atmosphere is full of oxygen mixed in the proper percentages to be breathable by humans. Furthermore, it does so naturally. In addition, the by-product of humans breathing oxygen is the waste gas carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is what trees and other chlorophyll containing plants found on Earth need to produce breathable oxygen. This is an endless cycle to maintain life on this planet, put together in just such a design to be flawless. It would seem that these aliens could not have picked a better environment for humans to strive. However, due to lack of evidence for the presence of aliens, I will dismiss this theory. But how did the planet Earth become so suitable to house humans? It would seem that the Earth was created for the sole purpose of accommodating humans. And furthermore, that the creator had humans in mind when constructing the planet Earth. Yet, is there no proof to defend this theory? The holy bible, written thousands of years ago, begins with the seven days of creation by God. That God knew man and designed the Earth accordingly. This appears to be more proof then the existence of aliens marooning man on a perfect planet. It would seem that God designed the Earth to be inhabited by humans, designed to strive in the environment He created.

ultimately survive as a species. As simple as that idea is one must first have a solid belief in God himself. That one being created the universe as we see it today. However, this same idea gives way to Aquinas’ first objection to the teleological argument.

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