teleological arguement

Question 1

Aquinas 5th way found in the summa theologica

Answer 1

all things in the universe follow natural laws in order to reach an end goal “telos”
they don’t have an ability to think for them selves i.e. stars that move in a sky arent beings
they need to be directed
he used the analogy of an arrow being directed by the archer to hit the target expresses that it would not have been able to do so on its own.

Question 2

paleys watch maker - analogy of complex design

Answer 2

if we found a stone we may wonder how it came to be
If we found a watch , with all its complexities, even though we may not know what all the pieces do, we may conclude it has been designed by an intelligent designer
the universe needs a universe maker, using the complexities of the natural world as evidence and also the analogy of an eye

Question 3

teleological argument

Answer 3

the argument for the existence of God from the evidence of order, and hence design, in nature

Question 4

anthropic principle

Answer 4

the cosmological principle that theories of the universe are constrained by the necessity to allow human existence.