Design Argument Quotes

Rock vs watch - William - Natural Theology (18) - (qua )

"Hence it is plain [" bodies"] achieve their end, not , but ." - Aquinas - Summa - 5th of 5 ways to prove the existence of God "from the of things." #1

"Now whatever lacks cannot move towards an , unless it be by some being endowed with knowledge and ; as the is directed by the archer." - Aquinas - Summa Theologica - #2

"Therefore some being exists by whom all things are to their end; and this we call God." - Aquinas - Summa Theologica - #3

"With such signs of in the design of living creatures, can you doubt they are the work of or ?" -

"So either the of nature is where all explanation , or we must postulate an agent of such great power and knowledge [...] the of such agent [...] ." - Richard Swineburne

(Why does the universe have to have a beginning?) - "How can anything that exists from have a , since the relationship implies a in time and a of existence." - Hume

"The 's starting point is not that we order rather than disorder, but that order rather than disorder is there." - Richard

"The only in nature is the forces of ." - Richard Dawkins - The ()

"Belief in God is seen to be ' information'." - - The Blind Watchmaker (19) #2

"This world, for all he knows, is very and imperfect, compared to a standard; and was only the first essay of some deity who afterwards abandoned it." - Hume - Concerning Natural (17)

Even "if the was or is caused to exist by something " - not necessary God of - Flew

Card analogy - Swinburne ~ Response to 's Criticisms

"The is a mighty proof of the Creator's . Could anyone attribute this to a chance evolutionary process? [...] gives every of a plan." - Arthur - Footprints of God (19)

qua - "as to" (Latin)
"qua " - universe behaves according to some ~ (*)
"qua " - universe was to fulfill a purpose ~ (*)
* - (use aspects of both but mainly)