The Design (Teleological) and Cosmological Argument

What is another name for the classical design argument?

• Teleological argument

• Cosmological argument

• Ontological argument

• Moral argument

The analogy used to explain the complexity and design of the universe in the classical design argument is:

• A watchmaker and a watch

• A painter and a painting

• A builder and a building

• A composer and a symphony

According to the design argument, what is believed about God?

• God is all powerful and all knowing

• God is limited in power

• God is indifferent

• God is non-existent

One piece of evidence against the design argument is:

• The complexity of biological organisms

• The existence of natural disasters

• The presence of moral values

• The fine-tuning of the universe

The quote from Romans 1 suggests that God's nature is:

• Loving and forgiving

• Invisible and eternal

• Vengeful and wrathful

• Omnipotent and omniscient

The classical cosmological argument is:

• A philosophical argument for the existence of God that explains that everything has a cause, and there must be an uncaused cause, which is God.

• A scientific theory that explains the origin of the universe through the Big Bang.

• A religious belief that the universe was created in seven days.

• A mythological story about the creation of the world.

According to the cosmological argument, there needs to be a first cause because:

• it is necessary (needed) to explain the existence of the universe.

• it is a scientific fact.

• it is a philosophical theory.

• it is a religious belief.

Which of the following is a strength of the cosmological argument?

• The universe is just here and has always been, needs no explanation

• God is the only logical answer/explanation as God is all powerful and uncaused

• The universe could just be infinite as matter is

• Does not make sense to say God is uncaused, who caused God?

One piece of evidence against the cosmological argument is:

• The universe has a beginning.

• The universe is infinite.

• The existence of God is necessary.

• The universe is self-caused.

What is a cheat answer you can use against BOTH the design argument and the cosmological argument?

• It was evolution

• It was the Big Bang

• You are making too big an assumption