Design argument
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- Created on: 01-05-16 16:40
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- Design argument (created by St Thomas Aquinas)
- The universe seems to be designed:
- The way the universe works according to scientific laws
- The way humans grow from a tiny blueprint of DNA
- The structure of DNA indicates a design or blueprint for the structure of organisms
- The way complex mechanisms work
- The way the big bang worked with the laws of science
- Beauties of nature
- Evolution: the pattern of evolution shadows the pattern of the 7 days of creation
- How it can lead to a belief in God
- 1. Anything that is designed must have a designer
- 2. The universe is designed
- 3. The only possible designer of the universe is God
- 4. The appearance of design in the world proves that God exists
- Paley's watch:a watch is designed and designed for a purpose - to tell the time so it must have a designer
- How it may not lead to a belief in God
- Lack of design in the world e.g. earthquakes, disease
- Evidence of design can be explained through science without God
- Does not refer to the existence of dinosaurs which must have been part of the design plan
- Proves the universe has a designer, not God
- The designer doesn't have to be God
- Survival of the fittest
- The universe seems to be designed:
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