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Random OR designed?
Random OR designed?
Can you see the Dalmatian?What point is being made
here?
THE DESIGN ARGUMENT
OBJECTIVE:
To use William Paley's comparison of the world to a watch to aid in the understanding of the
design argument.William Paley = A British Christian 18th century philosopher
OUTCOMES…GRADE CWill be able to make links and describe Paley’s comparison of a watch to the world.
GRADE BWill be able to identify the reasons why Paley came to the conclusions he did.
GRADE A/A*Will be able to disprove Paley’s theory through counter-arguments.
Your GOALS for the end of
this lesson are…
William Paley and the WATCH William Paley was a philosopher who used the
idea of a WATCH to explain why he believed God created the world.
So what was Paley’s argument….?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmlABIuz0MY
HAVE A GO… Can you work out PALEY’S argument?IN PENCIL (just in case) make links between the
following words to attempt to grasp Paley’s argument…
Making links...
WATCH
WORLD
DESIGNER
GOD
William Paley and the WATCH
Watch the following video…http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9RIC-9hbUIMake any corrections to your LINKS
DIAGRAM in GREEN PEN.
OUTCOMES…GRADE CWill be able to make links and describe Paley’s comparison of a watch to the world.
GRADE BWill be able to identify the reasons why Paley came to the conclusions he did.
GRADE A/A*Will be able to disprove Paley’s theory through counter-arguments.
Your GOALS for the end of
this lesson are…
ORDER in the WORLDWhat examples of ORDER are there in the
world?(discuss for 2 minutes with the person next to
you)
The 4 seasonsThe ozone layer
The atmosphereGRAVITY
The earth’s orbit of the sun
The earth’s distance from the sunThe water cycle
If something has a PURPOSE it must have a DESIGNER...
Example…Explain how the human body might be an example of Paley’s theory.
Some people (including Paley) argue that the body is so unique and works so well that it must have had a designer… Christians believe this to be God.
If something has been
designed it must have a
designer – the only thing
omnipotent enough to be
this designer is God.
OUTCOMES…GRADE CWill be able to make links and describe Paley’s comparison of a watch to the world.
GRADE BWill be able to identify the reasons why Paley came to the conclusions he did.
GRADE A/A*Will be able to disprove Paley’s theory through counter-arguments.
Your GOALS for the end of
this lesson are…
Was the world designed??…
No Way… It sure was…
Think of what we have looked at over the past two lessons.
Can you come up with TWO arguments FOR and TWO arguments AGAINST.
I DISAGREE because…
I AGREE because…
No omnibenevolent God would have designed a world with natural evil (e.g. Volcanoes, earthquakes etc...)
The world is far too complex to have happened by accident – it must have a designer (e.g. Laws of science such as gravity, DNA, the human body, the human eye etc...)
Science can explain the appearance of design without needing God. (e.g. Darwin’s theory of evolution/ natural selection/ survival of the fittest)
Order cannot come from chaos – the world is too ordered to not have been designed. (e.g. The 4 seasons, the earths atmosphere, the water cycle etc…)
Even if the world does have a designer – why does this designer have to be God?(e.g. There may be a being more powerful or more knowing that is capable of such design)
If something has been designed it must have a designer – the only thing omnipotent and omniscient enough to be this designer is God.
Do you think that the only logical explanation for the design of the world
is God?
Was the world designed??…
No Way… It sure was…
Think of what we have looked at over the past two lessons.
Can you come up with TWO arguments FOR and TWO arguments AGAINST.
Do you think that the only logical explanation for the design of the world
is God?
Use the pictures on pxx of your booklet to complete the “No way” column. You have already got the
“It sure was” points through answering the exam question
OUTCOMES…GRADE CWill be able to make links and describe Paley’s comparison of a watch to the world.
GRADE BWill be able to identify the reasons why Paley came to the conclusions he did.
GRADE A/A*Will be able to disprove Paley’s theory through counter-arguments.
Your GOALS for the end of
this lesson are…
Plenary• Retell the
story of Paley and the watch
through the genre of a HORROR
story.
