But, by definition, there can be no greater being. ... Furthermore, everything in motion is put into motion by another force. ... Anselm goes on to argue his second proof, that being nature. He says that nature is the efficient cause. ... Within nature, things are possible to be or not to be. ...
His way of motion is based on logic and the observation of things in nature, which can prove God's existence to those who could not accept or believe God on faith alone. ... That is, an object in motion is put in motion by some other object or force. ... If the being had set forth motion and somehow was destroyed, then is it by definition a God? ... The fact that the definition of God as a being that transcends the senses proves that the argument of motion is based on the faith that a God started motion. ...
