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What are they key features of the design argument for the existence of God?
Identify the strengths of the argument. ...
The Design argument is a theory based on the idea that everything in the Universe is ordered. It is also known as the Telelogical argument, derived from the Greek word "telos" meaning "end" or "purpose." The basic and fundamental proposal of the design argument is that because of the apparent order that is present in the Universe and on earth, we must conclude that there is an element of design involved. To design something, it is logical to presuppose that there must be a designer. This designer is God.
The design argument is spilt into two parts; design qua regularity and design qua purpose. Design qua regularity argues that the order and regularity evident in the universe is proof of a designer. ...
Design qua purpose looks at the evidence of design in terms of how all the parts of the universe fit together for a purpose. ...
Many philosophers have contributed to the design argument with their own understanding of it and their own ways of explaining it. ... Paley offered us an analogy to try to explain the argument. ... The stone, and more widely speaking, the whole universe has been designed by a "Great Architect": God.
St Thomas Aqunias believed that "some intelligent being exists by whoom all natural things are directed to their end; and this being we call God." He stated that anything that lacks knowledge cannot move towards an end but must be directed towards that end by God. Aquinas is arguing from the design qua regularity point of view.
Another philosopher who contributed to this argument is F.
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