Teleological Argument

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William Paley
-Anthropic Principle=The world is in it perfect position to function, and compares the world to an eye/watch
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Criticism
Prevails it all
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Evil and Suffering
If cannot create world without evil not all powerful, free-will contradicts this
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Evolution
God wouldn't create to destroy so many forms of life was suspected earlier
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David Hume
(18th century philospoher) asked Q's= why god of ab, apprentice of god, commitee of gods, why god at all
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What is the Teleological argument ?
states the complexity of objects in the universe indicates a purpose or design in the universe. Where there is a design the existence of a designer is implied. The designer is god.
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