Existence of God - Evaluation (r)

Question 1

List 1 strength as Evaluation on the Cosmological Argument

Answer 1

It is straightforward in that chains of cause effect exist in our universe and there is nothing to observe that would conflict with the idea of motion, cause and contingency.

Question 2

List 1 weakness as Evaluation on the Cosmological Argument

Answer 2

To some the Cosmological Argument seems compatible with the Big Bang. However, scientists such as Stephen Hawking argue that the Big Bang was inevitable due to the laws of gravity, with no need for a creator God.

Question 3

List 1 strength as Evaluation on the Teleological Argument

Answer 3

Many things in our Universe have a purpose for their existence. Our experience of our world tell us that things don’t create their own purpose but rather are given that purpose by design; suggesting a designer.

Question 4

List 1 weakness as Evaluation on the Teleological Argument

Answer 4

There are things in our world that seem badly designed, or certainly not the work of an all-powerful, all-knowing and all-loving God.

Question 5

List 1 weakness as Evaluation on the Teleological Argument

Answer 5

Evolution gives us the scientific understanding of how the appearance of design could take place through a blind natural process.