From the times of Confucius to Jesus, Mohammad, and Thomas Aquinas, and even into this present day, the question of the existence of a Divine Being envelops the minds of people. Human beings often wonder why they are here, what the purpose of life is, whether or not there is life after death, or whether this is all some natural evolutionary existence. People try to reason with the things around them in order to understand the world. Many, for example, ask the question, "If God exists than why is there evil in the world?" Thomas Aquinas, a well known philosopher of the 13th century addresses these questions and many others by using his five ways to measure the existence of God. The five points he uses for his arguments are: God is of infinite goodness, nature and efficient cause, possibility and necessity of existence of God, gradation in things, and governce of the world. With each argument there are objections to Aquinas's theories. However, he counter acts these rejections and proves that God does exist. Two of his most intriguing arguments are the ones about God being of infinite goodness, and the possibilities and necessity of God's existence.
According to Aquinas God means infinite goodness. He defines this as a being that is all good, powerful, and all knowing. With this definition the objection of evil existing arises. Evil exists in this world. It is seen everywhere, in every city and in every country. Although evil itself cannot be seen its influence is. What people perceive is evil may not be evil in its intentions. A natural disaster is not evil in its intentions because it is not man made. For example, an earthquake, which may seem as something bad, is not intentionally meant to harm others. It exists as a cause of nature in which humans have no control. Although natural disasters do cause injury and human suffering, it selves as a tool to learn from. For instance during an earthquake, a boy gets trapped under a pile of debris under a pile of rocks and suffers a great deal of harm.
