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argument from design

or teleological argument

Argument for the existence of God. According to one version, the universe as a whole is like a machine; machines have intelligent designers; like effects have like causes; therefore, the universe as a whole has an intelligent designer, which is God. The argument was propounded by medieval Christian thinkers, especially St. Thomas Aquinas, and was developed in great detail in the 17th and 18th centuries by writers such as Samuel Clarke (1675–1729) and William Paley. It was powerfully criticized by David Hume in his Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion. Immanuel Kant also rejected the argument. In the late 20th century the argument was revived as the doctrine of intelligent design. See also creationism.

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No references found			Russell, an unabashed agnostic, states on the existence of God, "When you come to look into this argument from design, it is a most astonishing thing that people can believe that this world, with all the things that are in it, with all its defects, should be the best that omnipotence and omniscience have been able to produce in millions of years". Christianity and the Desperate Need for Change by Patrick Shawn McClellan / Anthropology, archeology, folklore community The old argument from design in Nature, as given by Paley, which formerly seemed to me so conclusive, fails, now that the law of natural selection has been discovered. Darwin's natural selection redefined the idea of design by Siegfried, Tom / Science News But the argument from design is of interest only to nerds, whether atheist or believers. The Christian's friend by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk			argol Argolis Argon argon ionization detector argon laser argonaut Argonauts Argonne Argonne National Laboratory Argos Árgos ARGOS system argosy Argot Expressions Argovian Arguedas, Alcides Arguedas, Jose Maria Arguedas, José Maria Arguelles, Agustin Arguello Leopoldo Lugones Argüello Leopoldo Lugones Arguello, Point Arguesian plane Arguloida argument argument from design argument of latitude argument of perigee argument of perihelion argument separator argumentation Argumentativeness Argun Argun Range Argun River Argungu Fishing Festival Argunov Argunov, Pavel Argunov, Pavel Aleksandrovich Argus Argus Panoptes Argut Argyle Lake State Park Argyll Argyll and Bute Argyll, Archibald Campbell, 1st duke of Argyll, Archibald Campbell, 3d duke of Argyll, Archibald Campbell, 5th earl of Argyll, Archibald Campbell, 8th earl of and 1st marquess of Argyll, Archibald Campbell, 9th earl of Argyll, John Campbell, 2d duke of			arguing into arguing into arguing out arguing out arguing the toss arguing the toss Argulidae Argulidae Arguloida Arguloida Argulus Argulus argument argument argument argument argument argument argument Argument ad temperantiam Argument ad temperantiam Argument ad temperantiam argument at the bar Argument Based Machine Learning Argument Count Argument from Argument from Argument from Argument from conditional probability Argument from conditional probability argument from design Argument from evil Argument from free will Argument from ignorance Argument from Motion Argument from Motion Argument from nonbelief Argument from repetition Argument from repetition Argument Interchange Format Argument list Argument Number Decrease Argument of a complex number Argument of a complex number argument of latitude Argument of periapsis Argument of perigee Argument of perigee Argument of Perihelion Argument Order Change Argument pattern Argument pattern Argument pattern Argument pattern Argument pattern Argument patterns Argument patterns Argument patterns Argument patterns Argument patterns Argument Principle Method

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