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Chain 39
From Chains of Reason
The Design Argument does not prove the existence of a unique, ever-present, all-powerful, all-knowing and all-good god.
Preliminary reading
Chain 5: There exists a god or multiple gods. [the Design Argument]
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- Premise 1
- The conclusion of the Design Argument is limited to the existence of a god, or multiple gods, at some point prior to the existence of the universe, possessing immensely more intelligence and power than humans.
- Premise 2
- A god which existed at some point prior to the existence of the universe, and possessing immensely more intelligence and power than humans, does not not necessarily exist now, and is not necessarily an all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-good god.
- Conclusion
- The Design Argument does not prove the existence of a unique, ever-present, all-powerful, all-knowing and all-good god.
- see also:
External links
- Teleological argument - Wikipedia article
