These are images of a Boeing 747.

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These are images of a Boeing 747. How many people
do you think it would take to build one of
these? How much time would it take?
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• What is the chance of a tornado sweeping through
  a scrap-yard and assembling a Boeing 747?
• UNLIKELY!
• We discussed how much effort would go into making
  one of these things, it wouldnt just happen by
  chance would it?

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• You continue your walk and happen to find a watch
  lying in the middle of the desert. Would you
  suspect that a windstorm somehow threw these
  pieces together and randomly created a watch?
• Somebody made that watch. It didn't just happen.
  Design implies designer.

• You are walking in the desert and find three rows
  of stones piled up in a brick-layer fashion.
  Chances are you would quickly surmise that
  someone was here and arranged these stones in
  this manner. It didn't just happen.

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The Teleological Argument or The Argument from
Design

• William Paley (1734-1805) introduced the idea of
  design in the world and based his theory on the
  watchmaker analogy.- If you were walking along
  and saw a watch you would assume that its parts
  had not come together by chance, because it is
  too complicated. Therefore someone must have made
  it.
• Because the universe is so complicated someone
  must have made this too and that someone was God.
  

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• http//kids4truth.com/watchmaker/watch.html

Watch this short animation to help you gain a
better understanding of the design argument.
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• DID THE UNIVERSE HAVE A DESIGNER?
• The intricacy of design in our world is
  staggering -- infinitely more complex than a
  simple brick wall or a watch.
• There are 10 billion nerve cells in the brain.
  Each of the 10 billion cells sprouts between
  10,000 to 100,000 fibers to contact other nerve
  cells in the brain, creating approximately 1,000
  million million connections, or, 10 to the 15th
  power.
• If you spilled ink on a blank piece of paper,
  what are the chances that letters would form
  themselves from this random spilling of ink?
• If you found a piece of handwritten work on a
  blank piece of paper, you would assume that
  someone wrote it and not that some ink had
  randomly spilled.

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How could something so intricate come about by
chance?
The Universe is far more intricate than a watch
so surely the world didnt come about by chance?
This watch had a designer. So must the Universe.
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Look at the complexity of a leaf cell. Surely
something so complex
didnt happen by chance? It must have had a
designer. This is basically what Paley was
saying. He argued that the world came about by
design.
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Isaac Newtons thumb

• The thumb is cleverly designed to allow us to
  grab things
• No two thumbprints are the same
• This uniqueness of each person, even identical
  twins suggests a designer
• This designer is God

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William Paleys

• Paley said that the universe showed evidence of
  design
• He said that if you look at the mechanics of a
  watch, you will see evidence of design
• If you look in a leaf cell you will see how
  intricately it is designed
• Design implies a designer
• This designer is God

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Tasks.

• Design a revision poster to summarise Newton and
  Paleys arguments.
• The aim of this poster is to summarise the
  arguments in a clear and concise way but still
  containing enough detail to be a useful piece of
  revision material.

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Criticisms of the design argument

• If God is perfect why did he create an imperfect
  world with natural evil and humans who are
  capable of moral evil.
• Scientific evidence suggests creation was a chain
  of cause and effects not needing a designer.
• There could be many Gods not just one.
• The design argument is also known as the
  Teleological Argument
• Exam Question
• Explain how the appearance of design in the
  world may lead to or support a belief in God. (8
  Marks)

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More tasksYAY!

• 'No one can prove that God exists.
• How far do you agree with this statement?
• Try to bring in the First Cause Theory from last
  lesson and also the Theory from this lesson.
• Explain two or three of the arguments which are
  used to 'prove' that God exists.
• Say which of these arguments you think is the
  most convincing and why.
• Consider whether any of these arguments would
  convince someone who said that they did not
  believe in God.
• Write a concluding sentence saying whether you
  think that the statement in the question is true
  or not.

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• Outline the argument for the existence of god
  based on the first cause argument (4marks)
• Explain the objections to the design arguments of
  both Paley and Newton (4marks)
• Why do some people object to the first cause
  argument? (2marks)
• A loving god would not create a world where
  people suffer
• Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer
  showing that you have considered another point of
  view