Does God exist Flashcards
what is a Theist
someoe who believe God exists
What is an agnostic
Some who is unsure whether God(s) exist
What is design
it is a plan to make something that includes the purpose of creation,imagination,ambition
What is natural
it is something man-made that grows
What is creation
It is something being made for purpose of development
Who was the design argument proposed by
William paley
What did William Paley argue in the design argument?
That a watch is too complex to manufacture itself, so there must be a watchmaker. Similarly, the human eye is too complex to have been made by a designer. This designer must be God.
Which two people challenged William Paley’s argument ?
Charles Darwin and David Hume
How did Darwin challenge the design argument
Darwin had an alternate theory of Growth and Evolution
What is another name for the design argument
the teleological argument
What were David Hume’s criticisms of the design argument?
Hume believed that Paley had some gaps in his version of the design argument.
He thought because there is evil in the world maybe the creator isn’t omnipotent and omnibenevolent.
he also believed this is a world of many faults so it may actually be a prototype of a lesser god. Plus if you think that God is infinite power then who knows what he can do, this world may not be the perfect world we think it is.
Humans don’t have proper knowledge of creation to conclude that there was only one designer. We only know about the things we create
What is the cosmological argument
Is an argument about the creation of the universe
What are the five main points of the cosmological argument
- Everything which exists has a cause
- The universe exists
- Therefore, the universe has a cause
- That cause must be God
5.Therefore God exists
What was the big bang theory
The matter of the universe became so compressed that it produce a massive explosion and as the matter of the universe flew away from the explosion ,the forces of gravity helped to join some of the matter into stars .
What are three pieces of evidence for the big band theory
The red shift effect,radio telescopes and scientists detecting ripples in deep space
