Evaluating the Teleological argument for God’s existence and its strengths and weaknesses as an empirical argument.

The ‘Non-Empirical Nature of the Ontological Arguments’ states that God’s existence relies on empirical premise. This means that life could not exist if it were not for some higher life form simply because certain fundamental properties of the universe would not make it possible to sustain life. If these said fundamental properties had differed even in the slightest then life as we know it would not exist. In fact, life itself would not exist. This being said, the very fact that life could not or would not have existed if one molecule in the universe had been altered is quite something to amuse yourself with. The very thought that if one thing had shifted the entire universe would be different is really something to ponder on. It creates a whole new perspective. For, if not for this intelligent ‘being’ that we call God then how else do you or would you explain the fact that we are here, alive and breathing? What other explanation could you come up with for the very existence of our universe and how it situated itself so perfectly as to create life on planets, and planets as life? I know no other explanation and yet scientists refuse to believe that there is a Creator of it all. And why is that? Because there is no fundamental proof that ‘God’ exists? Because we have no physical, tangible proof written in our reality? But then, what other answer can you come up with? That it was a happy accident? That it was just something the universe did on its own? But, if it were simply the universe doing it on its own, then wouldn’t that mean that the universe is in actuality alive as well? Or does that simply mean that the universe is a cosmic force we still have yet to understand? I do not believe that anyone of this day and age could really come up with an answer to the question of how the universe was created and why it happened the way it did. However, I do believe with further insight and research we may get even closer to the truth. The fact of the matter is this; the universe is here, life exists, and if one tiny action in creating the universe had been different we may not even exist. It’s likely that there is a God somewhere in space and time. But, it is also likely that life itself was a mistake and was not part of a greater design. It is up to you what you believe.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Jessica Burnett