So how did we get here?!!!

Atheists, Theists and Agnostics all have different views on how the world came about/ was created.

In pairs discuss the question below. Write on a post-it note a summary of what you think ….

Q : How do you think the world was created?

Stick your completed post-it note on the board where your teacher

shows you

The Design Argument

• D Describe how William Palely tried to prove that God existsC/B Explain how William Palely tried to prove that God existsA/A*Evaluate to what extent William Palely was successful in trying to prove God exists

Key Words: Atheist, Agnostic, Theist, Evolution, Big Bang, Creation Story

Year 9 GCSE Ethics & Philosophy Term 5: Believing In God

1. Introduction

to GCSE

2. Religious Upbringing

3. Religious Experience 1

5. The Argument From Design 1

6. The Argument From Design 2

7. Revision

11. The Argument

From Causation 2

10. The Argument

From Causation 1

9. Assessment Feedback

4. Religious Experience 2

12. How One Religion Responds To Scientific Explanations For the World’s Existence

8. Assessment

Big Bang

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Christian Creation story

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Evolution

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Design Argument

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Work with a partner to find four facts about

each section of the page except ‘The Design

Argument’

Christian Creation Story

Long ago, before the earth and all things in it, there was only God.* On day one , God said, "Let there be light ." God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. On day two , God made the sky. On day three , God separated the land from the waters and created flowers, trees, and grass . On day four ,God made the sun, moon, and stars. On day five , the birds and fish were created. On day six , God made animals and then He made people to be like Him. He named the man Adam, and Adam named his wife, Eve. God rested on day seven . He saw everything He had made and said that it was good.

On day one , God said, "Let there be light ." God called the light day, and the darkness He called night.

On day two , God made the sky.

On day three , God separated the land from the waters and created flowers, trees, and grass .

On day four ,God made the sun, moon, and stars.

On day five , the birds and fish were created.

God rested on day seven . He saw everything He had made and said that it was good.

Long ago, before the earth and all things in it, there was only God.*

On day six , God made animals and then He made people to be like Him. He named the man Adam, and Adam named his wife, Eve.

God rested on day seven . He saw everything He had made and said that it was good.

Big Bang

Scientists have gathered a lot of evidence and information about the universe, and have used observations to develop the Big Bang Theory. The theory states that originally all the matter in the universe was concentrated into a single incredibly tiny point.. This resulted in two atoms colliding together. This began to enlarge rapidly in a hot explosion (called the Big Bang), and it is still expanding today. The Big Bang happened about 13.7 billion years ago ….

Evolution

All the different species have evolved/ developed from other animals/ life E.G. Monkeys

We started off as a bacteria and have changed over time to survive the environment we are in. E.G. Cave men = hairy to survive cold… Not as hairy today as the earth is warming up.

These simple life forms first developed more than 3 billion years ago (the Earth is about 4.5 billion years old).

Video – Title: The Watchmaker

Make notes as you listen:

1.What is the message of the story?

2.Who or what designed the world?

Extension: What do you think about this argument?

What would an atheist say about it?

Accident V Design

The Design Argument of William Paley

The 18th century philosopher William Paley told this story about the watch to suggest that the world was created by God, that it is the result of careful design and has a purpose. It is called the teleological argument.

William Paley

Questions1. Explain how the appearance of design in the world may lead to, or support a belief in God

2. Explain what are the strengths and weaknesses of the Teleological argument?

Weaknesses

It explains that there is design and purpose in the world

The world does not have to have been designed

Strengths

1.Who is this? This is _____________________________

2.He developed a theory called _______________ ________________To try and ______________ the ___________ of ___________

3.The Design Argument is an argument that claims that the universe could not

have been an __________ and could not have appeared by _________. It therefore

must have had someone to create it. William Paley argues that this was ______.

Select correct wordGod,

Humankind, chance, mistake,

Monkeys, accident

Recap: The Design Argument

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4.Explain in your own words the idea behind the pocket watch and how this helps in the argument to prove God created the world.

Next Lesson: The Teleological Argument • It argues that the world was not

created by chance and that it was designed.

• The universe has a purpose or end. This argument is also called the Teleological Argument. (Telos – end or purpose)

There are certain features of the world that are perfectly adapted to fulfil their function; this suggests that they are

designed.

Can you think of evidence of design in the world?

All of this suggests there must have been a

designer. The designer is God.

Plenary

How could the eye be used to prove the existence of God?