PPT-The Cosmological and Teleological Arguments for God

God What Were Not Talking About God What We Are Talking About The arguments for amp against the existence of a supernatural Force Being I ntelligence Designer Cause Logical andor physical necessity. Lakeside institute of Theology. Apologetics . (CM4). The Existence of God I. February 13, 2015. Apologetics. . (CM4). . Jan. 30 – Introduction to Apologetics. Feb. 6 – Reliability of Witnesses . and overview of . cosmological arguments. Two examples:. Leibnizian. Kalam. Objections. Outline. Does God Exist?. Why is there something rather than nothing?. Is the Universe eternal?. Introduction. We’re venturing into some deep philosophy and physics. What if God does not exist?. What do Australians believe about the existence of God?. Arguments for God’s existence. Arguments against God’s existence. What does the Bible say?. What if God does exist?. PHIL/RS 335. Going back to the beginning.. The cosmological argument has its origin in Ancient Greek Philosophy.. We see versions of the argument in the work of both Plato and Aristotle.. There, of course, the argument was not aimed at proving the existence of a theistic divinity, but at explaining the origin of the world.. Introduction. This proof always deserves to be mentioned with respect. It is the oldest, clearest, and the most accordant with the common reason of mankind. Immanuel Kant. Introduction. Design arguments are concerned with the specific details of the universe: why does the universe possess the particular qualities that it does and how can we best explain them?. Teleological Argument . Psalm 8:5, 19:1. January 29, 2017. Existence of God:. Teleological Argument. No one thinks Mr. Rubik just by chance caught the Rubik Cube from an explosion at a plastic factory. . reason. Arguments based on . observation. What are you most struggling with. ?. Write any . questions. on your post it note.. Group Quiz…. Round one: Teleological arguments. What is “Teleological argument”?. Michael Lacewing. enquiries@alevelphilosophy.co.uk. (c) Michael Lacewing. The question. Why does anything exist?. Unless God exists, this question is unanswerable.. (c) Michael Lacewing. Necessary and contingent existence. Michael Lacewing. enquiries@alevelphilosophy.co.uk. The question. Why does anything exist?. Unless God exists, this question is unanswerable.. Necessary and contingent existence. Something exists contingently if it is possible for it to exist and for it not to exist.. Look at the image of the woods.. Answer the questions on your sheet . . How . do you know there is a garden in the wood. ?. What . must have been involved to make it a garden. ?. How do you know a human has been in the garden. Existence. (. Arguments based on observation). A posteriori arguments. The Teleological Argument: Aquinas, Paley, Anthropic . Telos. = Greek for order/end/ purpose. Based on design/ order in the universe. Key Word Test. Teleological Argument. Cosmological Argument. Ontological Argument. A posteriori. Deductive. Omnipotent. Infinite regress. Contingent. In . intellectu. Analytic Statement. FAST FACTS. Teleology. Who stole Ms Choudhury’s stapler? It was last seen an hour ago in 1321. Was it Mr Smith? He always loses stationary and is a few doors apart . Was it Ms Cook ? Her long stapler is so heavy , Ms Choudhury’s Stapler is the right weight to staple exam papers!. Meta Ethics. Normative Ethics. Applied Ethics. The study of ethical language and concepts. Before we can decide . what constitutes good/ bad behaviour we must define terms such as good/ bad etc.. What practically constitutes morality? Aims to put forward a .