Intelligent Design Argument Analysis

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Have you ever wondered where we came from or how we got here? Some believe we came about through the single cell theory or evolution, but others believe life was created by some higher being that they call god.
The teleological argument know also as the argument from design. The argument is used by theists to persuade the existence of god to agnostics and atheists. It states that god or some intelligent being created the universe or life on earth and keeps it in balance. It tells that an object with intelligent design must have an intelligent designer. Hypothetically speaking if someone who does phone repairs for the first time opens one up. They have no idea what their doing and may come to the conclusion that this phone is intelligently designed, and needs an intelligent explanation to understand how it works. The phone is an example for life and how everything came to be. Humans themselves are complex on the inside with all the organs, veins, and how they all work together. They do as well need a rather intelligent explanation to understand how they work. Sort of how the phones components help it to function our organs help us to function. It could have or couldn't have been meer coincidence that the
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So if what the argument is saying is true then it is possible that god may be the creator, but it is also possible that that's all he is. Who is our designer? It could be some geek behind a desk who came over to his boss and said, "Hey boss guess what I came up with". His boss could just as easily have stolen his idea and taken it for his own, and here we are. The problem with this is that there isn't any concrete evidence to prove it. People have a tendency to believe the answer that has the most data to back it up. This is called inference to the best explanation. Since this is true most people tend to lean more towards the existence of

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