4.4 4.5 4.6 Arguments For God Flashcards
What is the design argument?
The observation of the natural world which reveals an order and complexity of complex design, this would not come into existence instead of perfect design by God
Which analogy is used with the design argument?
The watch argument by William Paley
•He finds a watch and observes
•The complexity of the watch and the way in which its parts move is so complex and unnatural that it requires perfect design
•God is the world designer as he is perfect
Which principle furthers backs up the design argument?
•Anthropic principle by Robert Tennant
•Evolution has a purpose and that is to develop more complex life forms which are to become intelligent and humans with moral awareness
•Evolution is due to God due to its complex design
What is the cosmological argument, who created it and how is it shown?
•By Thomas Aquinas
•Can be observed from motion or from effect
•There is no event in the natural world that does not have a cause
What is the cosmological argument from motion?
•Some things are in a state of motion
•Nothing can move itself however things are still in motion
•There can’t be an infinitive mover
•God is the ultimate, first mover
What is the cosmological argument from cause and effect?
•In the world we observe cause in order, something cannot be self caused there must always be a cause (son cannot be its father)
•There can’t be an infinite number of recesses
•Must have a first cause, God
What are counter and counter counter arguments to the the cosmological argument?
•If God exists and everything has a cause, he himself must have a cause
—> God is an uncaused cause, it is like saying who cooked the raw meat, it simply can’t happen
•We can never observe cause only a series of events, you can’t use to prove God
•Big Bang
•Universe is eternal like energy, can’t be destroyed or created
Who created the moral argument?
•By Cardinal Newman and Immanuel Kant
What is Newman’s moral argument?
•We observe right and wrong
•Our conscience tells us whether it is right or wrong
•The voice is not our own as we can’t control it
•It is the words and actions of God
What is Kants moral argument?
•We observe right and wrong
•But we know that we all ought to be perfect
•Ought implies that we can
•Therefore I can be morally perfect
•There must be a life where I can become morally perfect but also someone who is already morally perfect
•God
What are the counters to the moral argument?
•People can be told different things by their conscience, psychopaths do not hear from their conscience, all crime can be discarded due to crime
•Everyone can enjoy an afterlife to perfect themselves
~ no hell, no judgment day as promised in Jesus parable of Sheep and Goat
