Evolution V teleological Argument

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The evolution argument goes against the existence on God claiming the existence of the universe and everything within was because of evolution derived from Charles Darwin’s Theory of evolution. It is also supported by followers of Richard Dawkins.

Religious believers are of the teleological argument and believe that God created the universe and everything in it but this is much open to criticisms evolution believers as they argue there is no proof for the existence of God and they argue that where did God come from and who made God? Teleological believers argue that God was necessary has all ways been there and the universe is contingent.

Philosopher William Paeley made analogy to the human systems and a watch. He describes the features of a watch to be of extreme complexity and sophistication argues that it could not have just been accidentally or by luck created therefore it must have hade a designer who created it. This is the same for a body part like the human eye features such as the iris, cornea, retina and pupil are very complex and unlikely to have evolved and just happened to have ended how they are by chance, therefore William Paeley enforces there must have been an intelligent designer who designed this and this must have been God.

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Furthermore supporters of the teleological argument disagree with the design argument disagree with the evolution argument as it states that there was one cell which all living live forms evolved from to become what they are today. They argue that the first cell could not have just appeared and there must have been something which created the first cell. This again supports the existence of God and the design argument.

The creator of the theory of evolution Charles Darwin studied live forms for a majority of years and he believed that human life has existed for hundreds of ...

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