God - Teleological Arguments
- Created by: Olivia Grace Matthews
- Created on: 18-01-16 15:45
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- God - Teleological Arguments
- Work from observations of the universe
- Start from observations of complexity
- Cast God as the 'designer'
- Paley's Argument (Watch)
- We know something as complex as a watch cannot come about by accident
- Universe is like the watch
- Universe must have a designer and this must be God
- Complexity: Many detailed and delicate parts which interact in coordinated ways
- Purpose: Clear function and intention behind its creation
- Purpose of the Universe
- Foundationism: Purpose of the universe is to understand itself
- Computationalism: Purpose is to maximise intelligence
- Evolution
- Evolution goes some way to explaining away the need for a designer God
- 'Fine-tuning' Arguments
- Universe if fine tuned for the existence of life
- Could not have happened by accident
- Only God could have designed the universe for us
- Life as we know it depends on the universe being the way it is
- However we don't know if this is the only kind of life
- Why would God keep so many secrets from us about the universe?
- The Problem of Evil
- Classic response is free will
- Greater evil to deny humans free will
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