God

Creationism Intelligent Design

Argument  Belief that the  Argument for the
universe and the existence of God
various forms of life through the
were created by God application of scientific
out of nothing principles
 Response to modern  Starts from scientific
evolutionary theory, findings and
which explains the observations, and
emergence and attempts to prove the
diversity of life existence of God from
without recourse to there
the doctrine of God or  Core principle is that
any other divine the level of complexity
power and detail present in
 Starts from the the natural world
religious narrative, and cannot be a result of
attempts to reconcile natural unguided
current scientific processes
findings into it  Watchmaker analogy:
If we were to find a
watch, in all its
complexity, on the
floor, we would
naturally think that the
watch was created by
someone (i.e. a
watchmaker) as
opposed to coming
into existence through
natural processes

Aim To prove the existence of God and that the world was created
by God
Method  Predominantly  Scientific process,
religious narrative whereby observations
 Attempts to lead to the proof for
incorporate present the existence of God
scientific findings into
the narrative

Note: Above Godly arguments are generally rejected by the scientific community, with Intelligent
Design deemed to be a pseudoscience, although they have a significant following in human society

Modern Arguments

1. While it is possible that the universe came to existence through certain natural, unguided
processes, the probability that God simply created the world with all its highly complex,
specific details is greater.
 a. Counter: Probability theories cannot be taken to be reliable, especially with a
sample set of one
2. While the current state of the world may be due to evolution theory, God set up the precise
conditions for such a natural process to occur. For example, the specific position of the Earth
with respect to the Sun allows for the planet to be inhabitable.
a. Counter: Evidence for such arguments are poor and reduce them to mere tautology,
with the claim that life is present in the Universe because the Universe can support
life the main conclusion

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