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Assess the view that the design argument provides a convincing proof for the existence of God.

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Assess the view that the design argument provides a convincing proof for the existence of God. (25 marks) The design argument can be used by theists, to provide evidence to support the existence of God, although there are many issues surrounding the validity of this theory. The basic argument consists of five main points, each of which can be used to suggest the need for a designer. It is the fact that these points merely suggest there is a designer, yet many theist philosophers leap from this, to the idea of the designer being God, which causes friction surrounding the argument. Firstly, there are regularities in the behaviour of world, and laws of nature seem to be a true and regular concept most of the time. This suggests the world contains order and structure. A an example of this can be seen with the formation of the human body, and...

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