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Existence of God - Coggle Diagram
Existence of God
Cosmological Argument
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P5 - if the universe has a cause then that cause is outside the universe - must be unbelievably powerful and a designer of natural laws
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Weaknesses of CA
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David Hume -
'How can you know what happened at the beginning of time when none of us where there?'
'We are trying to prove things that are beyond our experience'
Bertrand russel -
'The universe is just there and that is all'
'if the universe is to continue into the future infinitely then why cant it go on infinetly into the past'
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Strengths of CA
It makes sense, everything requires a cause s the universe must have a cause.
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Infinite regress does not answer questions regarding the universe. CA answers the ultimate question.
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Teleological Argument
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Strengths
Examples of beauty, - the human eye, snowflakes (mathematically perfect), Human brain, world just right (goldilocks effect)
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Weaknesses
Evolution
Natual selection, small changes in he genes from one generation to the next. (charles darwin - origin of the species)
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the world is not perfect - disease, poverty, famine