Arguments

Question 1

The design argument

Answer 1

Key thinker: William pallet
-watch analogy

1. The world is complex and orderly
2. This shows evidence if design
3. If it was designed it must has a designer
4. This is God
   Problems:
   Who designed the designer
   Could order be the result of random chance
   The world doesn’t seem well designed
   Evolution can explain the appearance without God

Question 2

Cosmological argument

Answer 2

Key thinker: St Thomas
Aquinas

1. Everything that happens has a cause
2. The cause has a cause so it is a chain non stop
3. There has to be a cause u causes by anything else
4. This is God
   Problem:
   If the universe needs a cause y doesn’t God
   The universe could have cause itself
   Big Bang theory can explain the universe

Question 3

Miracles

Answer 3

1. Miracles are violations of law of nature
2. Only God could be the cause of these
3. Therefore God exist
   Problem:
   Many miracles can be explained by science
   Reports of miracles are sometimes trustworthy
   If God intervene on some good occasion then why doesn’t he intervene on bad occasion