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Arguments for the Existence of God - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Sir Isaac Newton, one of the founders of modern science, said, ‘In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God’s existence.’ Newton believed that such intricate designs as the thumb, unique to each individual, must have had a designer.
    - - The world is so complex and detailed
      - To be that complex it must have a really intelligent designer.
      - The only thing great enough to design it is God
      - God is the designer and has a purpose for everything.
      - God exists.
    - - Paley believed that if you saw a watch lying on the floor and you had never seen one before, that you would assume it was man-made.
        
        Paley believed the same about the universe- it is too complicated to be just a coincidence- it must have been created by something.
        It also has a purpose- to sustain life. It must have been designed that way, just like a watch is designed to tell the time! A human is not powerful enough to create it.
        It must be God.
- - - - Everything has a cause, for example a flower is caused by a seed which is caused by pollination.
      - In any chain of events we must have a First Cause because we cannot keep going back forever into the past.
      - There must be something that started the whole universe, but that does not itself need a cause.
      - God is the only thing that does not need a cause because He is eternal!
      - Therefore God exists.