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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...

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