1) Watch is very complex
2) A watch needs a watchmaker
3) Universe is very complex
4) Universe needs a maker
5) God is the maker
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Against Paley
David Hume
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Arguments
1) Universe made by a lesser being
2) Evil exist (Epicurus)
3) Analogies between universe and machines are unsound
4) Comparing human designs to God is Anthropomorphism
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Weaknesses
1) Existence of evil suggest incompetent or malevolent designer
2) Universe could have 'designed itself' by chance
3) There is no evidence of God being designer
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Strengths
1) A single Omnipotent god is a simple explanation
2) Paley said Evil is Unavoidable
3) Evolution itself requires explanation
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