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6. What evidence is there that the argument has perennial appeal?
- Beauty plays no part in our survival (suggests a personal designer)
- Dates back to Plato and Socrates
- There is a considerable amount of disorder in the universe
7. David Hume Quote?
- "Design strikes even the most careless of thinkers"
- "Order is mind imposed"
- "The universe is open to theistic and atheistic interpretations"
8. What is anthropomorphism?
- Giving God human attributes; limiting him
- Comparing God to a watch
- Evidence of science limiting God
9. What is regularities of succession?(Swinburne)
- scientific laws can be observed and understood
- the universe provides all we need and more
- The Watch ananlogy
10. What would Richard Dawkins state about the changes in the evolutionary process?
- Weak because we are making conclusions about the universe by comparing something man-made to 'God's' creation
- That they are random and only give the appearance of design "evolution is blind"
- It disproves God
11. Who put forward the analogy of a watch?
- Swinburne
- William Paley
- F R Tennant
12. What is the aesthetics principle? (Tennant)
- the watch analogy
- beauty plays no part in our survival (suggests a personal designer)
- universe is specially constructed for intelligent life
13. What does providential mean? (Swinburne)
- The Watch ananlogy
- the universe provides all we need and more (goes beyond mere survival)
- The design argument proves God
14. What would Hume state about the design argument?
- People are driven by their emotions, removes rationality
- Design is God-given (designer)
- Design proves the existence of God