- The fine-tuning of the universe is due to either physical necessity, chance, or design.
- It is not due to physical necessity or chance.
- Therefore, it is due to design.
Friday, September 14, 2012
The Teleological Argument for God's Existence
And here is what W. L. Craig offers as a basic teleological argument:
The Cosmological Argument for God's Existence
Here are two cosmological arguments for the existence of God.
First, Leibniz:
First, Leibniz:
- Anything that exists has an explanation of its existence, either in the necessity of its own nature or in an external cause.
- If the universe has an explanation of its existence, that explanation is God.
- The universe exists.
- Therefore, the universe has an explanation of its existence.
- Therefore, the explanation of the existence of the universe is God.
- Whatever begins to exist has a cause.
- The universe began to exist.
- Therefore, the universe has a cause.
The Ontological Argument for God's Existence
Here is the ontological argument outline as formulated by Alvin Plantinga, taken from Reasonable Faith by William Lane Craig.
- It is possible that a maximally great being exists.
- If it is possible that a maximally great being exists, then a maximally great being exists in some possible world.
- If a maximally great being exists in some possible world, then it exists in every possible world.
- If a maximally great being exists in every possible world, then it exists in the actual world.
- If a maximally great being exists in the actual world, then a maximally great being exists.
- Therefore, a maximally great being exists.
The Moral Argument for God's Existence
In order to keep these arguments handy, here I am going to outline the basic premises/conclusion of the moral argument.
- If God does not exist, objective moral values and duties do not exist.
- Objective moral values and duties do exist.
- Therefore, God exists.
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