The order and complexity of the world presuppose a Creator God

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Parent debateThis argument is used in the debate Does God exist?.
Argument forThis argument is a “pro” argument in the debate Does God exist?.
Keywords: Teleological argument, God, Complexity[ edit ].

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Arguments forJustifications

  • Argument forGod gives an account of the world's master plan
  • Argument forGod explains the laws of nature
  • Argument forGod explains the highly improbable adjustment of the universe's fundamental constants
  • Argument forGod explains the appearance of life
  • Argument forGod explains the creation, adaptation and complexity of species
  • Argument forGod explains the emergence and complexity of human language
  • Argument forGod explains the existence of consciousness

Arguments againstObjections

  • Argument againstGod is an inexplicable explanation
  • Argument againstScience explains the order and complexity of the world
  • Argument againstA God in the image of man is too human to be credible
  • Argument againstThe order and complexity of the world presuppose only a supreme Intelligence indifferent to mankind.
  • Argument againstThe notion of order is a projection of the human mind
  • Argument againstThe world is not orderly but chaotic
  • Argument againstGod is but the name of our ignorance

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