The Design Argument

Question 0

What is the over view if the design argument

Answer 0

• design is the result of intelligent thought
• the universe shows evidence of being designed (eg. Gravity, ozone layer)
• this suggests that a being with intelligence designed the universe
• the universe is too complex to have napped by chance or be designed by any being other than God

Question 1

How does the design argument try to prove the existence of God

Answer 1

By arguing that the universe was designed.

Question 2

What did Paley compare the world to

Answer 2

A watch

Question 3

What was Paley’s theory

Answer 3

If a person saw a watch for the first time they would imminently know it had been designed because it is so complex
A watch has many parts that have been carefully made and put together to work successfully, s it must have been planned and designed
Paley argued the same of the universe saying it could not have happened by chance and must have and a clever designer
The only being callable of designing the universe is God
Therefore god exists

Question 4

The design argument may lead other people not to believe in god because:

Answer 4

• we cannot possible prove God’s existence and the design argument only suggests he is the designer
• the appearance of design could actually be the result of evolution: the scientific theory that everything has evolved and only has the appearance of design