The Teleological Argument 3

I'm predicting teleological to come up and specifically Aquinas or Darwin as they have not yet made their single appearances!

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What was the issue of using Paley's watch analogy with God?
If you do not believe elements of the analogy are comparable, you cannot argue that the causes are similar and the analogy would not work
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Can Hume's analogy criticism apply to Aquinas?
No but they can on the occasion of his arrow analogy
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Is Hume doubting the belief in God in the teleological argument?
No, only that it cannot show God exists
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Hume argues further that, if a house and universe are similar, just as we'd blame the builder for a faulty house can we blame a faulty designer.. why does Paley disagree?
the issue was whether the universe showed design and not quality concerning the design
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Darwin's book was called 'The Origin of Species'?
True
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Mills argument took the basis of that if the world is designed by a loving God?.. (finish sentence)
why is nature so cruel?
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Who argued that the world was one of chance and natural selection
Darwin
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Other than Paley's analogy of the watch what evidence can be used to show support of design?
Eyeball and Fish fins
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What was the 'anthropic principle'?
such conditions (in reply to evolution) cannot be down to chance
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Who put forward the 'aesthetic argument?'
Tennant
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Who argued that the world was far too much of a coincidence? (1 in 10 million x 23)
Swinburne
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