P3

Question 1

Outline of the teleological argument

Answer 1

William Paley said that if a man was walking and found a watch he would not think it was randomly created, it would be so complicated it must have a designer, in the same way he would not look at the universe and say it was so amazing that it had randomly come into existence.

Question 2

2 strengths for the teleological argument

Answer 2

1/ It is based on what we can observe e.g. order and complexity within the universe

2/ it begins with a universal experience I.e. we can all experience this complexity and it can be tested

Question 3

2 weaknesses for the teleological argument

Answer 3

1/ the theory of evolution and natural selection suggest that complex organism arose through genetic mutation not through design

2/ Hume said that just because things in our world have designed that we can experience does not mean that we can experience the world being designed and made and therefore cannot prove it