Considering that this argument pits religion against science we can assert from his rather forthcoming argument against the existence of God that Everitt is reliant on science as the more logical explanation for the universe's existence, a view that several philosophers would dispute mainly William Paley. Paley proposed the now famous argument of design. Paley claims that something as complex as the universe cannot simply exist without a creator. ... To support his argument Paley proposed the analogy of the watch: watches are complex things that have been skillfully designed to read and s...

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William Paley continued the argument of Socrates, Plato, and Aquinas. ... Great minds like Socrates, Plato, Paley, Aristotle, Augustine, Anselm, Descartes have made arguments for the existence of God. ...

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Many arguments have been presented both for and against the existence of God and have been a very debatable question for many centuries. So what or better yet, who exactly is 'God'? Each religion has its own definition of God. This world has over 350 religions in this world, meaning there are ...

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There are many theories in the area of philosophy dealing with religion. St. Anselm has his Ontological argument. William Paley has his Teleological argument and Soren Kierkegaard talks about faith. But the argument that really fused together faith and reason is the Cosmological argument of St. Thom...

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William Paley who offers the parallel of a clock to the universe is likely the most common argument for Teleology. ... Paley and other Teleology theist would have one believe that having an understanding of an ant gives us a sufficient picture of the universe. ...

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