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Paley
Cards in this deck (7)
- 1Argument using purpose: Watch AnalogyPart 1 :
- Find a watch in the middle of the desert
- it has a purpose,parts work together,parts are ordered, can't be arranged differently
Part 2 :
- If watch had another purpose of producing other watches would increase admiration of the watchmaker - 2Argument using purpose: Eye analogy- Human eye is too complex to have no designer
- Nature is like a machine - 3Argument using purpose: Animal instincts- Animal instincts/ characteristics aid survival
- If God cared enough to craft an insect in such inin intricate detail then must care for humans - 4Argument using purpose: Lacteal system analogy-Number of teats on each animal is different depending on how many young it tends to have
- 5Argument using RegularityUses astronomy / newtons laws of motion and gravity :
- Planets rotate and hold orbit because of gravity by obeying universal laws
- God must have made order - 6ARTHUR BROWN- Ozone is no chance
- It filters ultraviolet light
- Protects life
- No ozone = no life - 7CriticismsPALEY - the fact that there are general laws is not enough to suggest God
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