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The Argument from Design, and the Problem of Evil

Date Submitted: 09/23/2000 20:55:46
Category: / Social Sciences / Philosophy
Length: 6 pages (1560 words)
The Argument from Design, and the Problem of Evil The teleological argument, better known as the argument from design, is one of the well-known arguments for the existence of God. It has arisen out of man's amazement at the intricacy and complex layout of many features of the natural world. Take, for example, the ability of honeybees to create honeycombs using the minimum amount of wax for the maximum amount of storage. This is possible …
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…lives, will automatically bypass judgement and go straight to paradise because of their plight. Including thoughts about an afterlife may open more fields of explanation in this discussion over the argument from design. However, as it stands, Paley's argument from design does not seem to hold much weight against the problem of evil. Bibliography Nuttall, Jon 2002An Introduction to Philosophy Polity Press Joel Feinberg2002Reason and Responsibility Wadsworth Harun Yahya2001The Evolution Deceit Ta-Ha Publishers
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