Summa Made Simple Ep 44: The Argument Against Aquinas Part 1

Summa Made Simple · Aug 2, 2026 · 16m

If a sexual act cannot result in child-bearing, is it sinful? What happens when you ask AI to produce the strongest possible case against St. Thomas Aquinas?That’s exactly what this episode does. Starting with a modern philosophical critique, we explore the claim that sex has many legitimate purposes, that biology doesn’t create moral obligations, and that Aquinas’s reasoning simply doesn’t hold up.Instead of avoiding these challenges, we follow them to the heart of the debate, where one overlooked distinction reveals why Aquinas’s position is often misunderstood—and why it still provokes…