The Design Argument

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The Design Argument

'The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament showeth his handiwork {Ps.19.1}'

The Design Argument is often called the Teleological Argument derived from one of the three forms the argument is categorised into, all of the arguments are A Priori;

-The Arguments From Design

1.The Teleological Argument- arguments beginning from a general pattern of order in the universe leading towards the conclusion of a creator God of such order.

-The Arguments To Design

2.The Argument From Providence-arguments from the provision for the needs of conscious beings leading to the conclusion that there must be a God to provide for such needs

3.The Argument From Beauty-arguments from the concept of beauty to infer that there must be a creator God of such a concept

1.The Teleological Arguments

Paley-'Analogy of the Watch'

This analogy is used by Paley to demonstrate the argument from design that the design in the universe implies a necessary designer:

A man comes across a watch, something far too complex to have come about by chance and has a clear purpose. The man concludes that the watch must have been made