The Existence of God and Revelation
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The Existence of God and Revelation
The Design argument
William Paley came up with the idea of the design argument
The goldilocks enigma - The world is just right
The anthropic principle - The earth just right for humans
The argument for the design argument
- Needs an intelligent creator
- To complex to be random
- Fits with religion
Arguments against the design argument
- Not perfect
- doesn't specify who
People who believed in the design argument
Sir Issac Newton
believed that as we have thumbs we must have a creator
Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas believed in the Design argument as there were planets
F.R.Tennant
He believed in the Anthropic principle, the idea that the universe was built to support life.
Sir Fred Hoyle
Believed in the big bang theory and the universe was constantly growing.
The first cause argument
The idea that everything has a first action
Islamic Kalam argument - everything is caused so the universe as a whole must have been created
Bertrand Russel "Just because every human has a mother, doesn't mean the human race has a mother
The argument from miracles
Miracles - an incredible event that cannot be caused by humans or natural activity.
Types of miracles - Aquinas
Things are done by god that nature cannot do
- water -> wine
- grape -> orange
Things are done by god that nature could do, but not in the same order
- Turning a baby into an adult in a year
- Turning an adult to a baby
Things that are done by God which nature could do, but isn't used
- Jesus healing the slave's ear
Miracles
Muhammed's ascent into heaven (Type 1)
He went to a mosque in Jerusalem and lead the prophet to prayer
Jesus walks on water (Type 1)
Jesus rescued his disciples from a storm by walking on water
The lucky choir (Type 2)
An explosion blew up a church, but everyone was late to church that morning
Stairwell B, 9/11 (Type 2)
people on floor 22-1 got trapped, but God prevented the stairwell from collapsing
Marie Baily (Type 1)
A girl who was…
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