Paley's Analogical Argument

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Paley's Analogical Argument
- Watch Design
  - An analogy to finding a watch on an abandoned heath
    - An intricate and complex object should not come by accident
      - Universe is like the watch and could not have come by chance
        Must be a result of an intelligent designer, which is God
- Strengths/ Weaknesses
  - Hume
    - There is nothing in the universe to which a universe can be satisfactorily compared to
    - Overall weak analogy
    - A cabbage may be more like the universe than a machine
    - Found many flaws in the main theistic arguments for God.
  - Thoughts
    - Doesn't prove 100% that God is the creator
    - Posteori, based on empirical evidence
    - What makes God
  - Religious Faith
    - Fits well the biblical stories of creation
    - Supports faith by reasoning
    - Fits well the biblical stories of creation
    - A basis for belief
Hume
- There is nothing in the universe to which a universe can be satisfactorily compared to
- Overall weak analogy
- A cabbage may be more like the universe than a machine
- Found many flaws in the main theistic arguments for God.

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