1. The Design Argument
An Analogy

2. The Design Argument
The design argument is an ANALOGY. This means that it compares two things and says they are like each other, so whatever we can say is true about one we can assume is also true for the other.

3. Is complex
Has a purpose
Could not have appeared by chance
Was designed by an intelligent being

4. Is complex
Is complex
Has a purpose
Could not have appeared by chance
Was designed by an intelligent being - man

5. Is complex
Has a purpose
Is complex
Has a purpose
Could not have appeared by chance
Was designed by an intelligent being - man

6. Is complex
Has a purpose
Could not have appeared by chance
Is complex
Has a purpose
Could not have appeared by chance
Was designed by an intelligent being - man

7. Is complex
Has a purpose
Could not have appeared by chance
Was designed by an intelligent being - God
Is complex
Has a purpose
Could not have appeared by chance
Was designed by an intelligent being - man

8. The design argument is not absolutely conclusive of course
The design argument is not absolutely conclusive of course. (It doesn’t prove the existence of God)
Its supporters may admit that the eye might have come into existence purely by chance, without the help of a designer. Their point is that this is highly unlikely to have happened.

9. A Quote
“Biology is the study of complicated things that give the appearance of having been designed for a purpose”
Richard Dawkins