Based on observation (teleological, cosmological)

Question 1

What do you talk about when asked about William Paley (observation)

Answer 1

Natural theology
Design qua regularity, purpose
blind watchmaker

Question 2

What do you talk about when asked about Thomas Aquinas (observation)

Answer 2

Fifth way (natural bodies)
God being an archer

Question 3

What do you talk about when asked about Richard Dawkins (observation)

Answer 3

Blind Watchmaker
No purpose or goal, just evolution, and fine tuning

Question 4

What do you talk about when asked about David Hume (observation)

Answer 4

Criticise Design argument:
- ordered universe doesn’t mean its designed
- world and human artefact is weak
- Not a Christian God
Epicurean hypothesis

Question 5

What do you talk about when asked about John Stuart Mill (observation)

Answer 5

Too much evil within the world to say that there is an all loving God

Question 6

What do you talk about when asked about F.R Tennant (observation)

Answer 6

Universe constructed for life
- Universe sustains life
- Universe seems rational
Simplest explanation IS God
Aesthetic argument

Question 7

What do you talk about when asked about Thomas Aquinas (cosmological observation)

Answer 7

First three ways
- Motion
- Causation
- Contingency

Question 8

What do you talk about when asked about Kant (cosmological observation)

Answer 8

Criticism of Thomas Aquinas
No knowledge of God as he is above the empirical realm

Question 9

What do you talk about when asked about David Hume (cosmological observation)

Answer 9

Rejection of cosmological argument
Cause and effect
Brick and window example
Universe may not have just one cause
We have no proof for cause