Defending The Teleological Argument

One of the arguments that explains God’s existence is using the teleological argument or more commonly known as the argument by design.

            It explains the remarkable way how different things and processes in the world are able to integrate with each other and conform in mutual fitness with each other. This requires a need for an assumption of an intelligent designer or a divine architecture who planned the world and everything in it. Living organisms can maintain themselves in a variety of environments through virtue of their delicate mechanisms that allows them to adapt to environmental changes. There exists such an intricate pattern of means and ends throughout this inanimate world. These things have no intelligence of their own, which requires the existence of an Intelligent designer because these events could not be achieved fortuitously but designedly.

One argument against teleological argument is the use of Darwin’s theory of evolution. Using the explanation of this scientist, the account for the existence of variety of biological species is through their ability to adapt to their environment, thus the idea of a divine creator and his acts of special creation is no longer a sound reason. With Darwinian Theory, the existence of these creatures is explained in terms of chance variations in the structure of organisms and on their mechanism of selection which retains those variant forms that possess some advantages for survival.

Let us accept it that the evolutionary theory could not be denied, but is it adequate by itself to explain the striking and complicated appearance of design? I don’t think so. Therefore, it implies an intelligent mind has designed and controls the universe. Evolution will then be just the way in which God’s design works out.

Going on to refuting the argument against the argument by design; in order evolution to work, some organisms must have been present, which means they have existed. Otherwise, how can you imagine species being born and struggling for their existence? It would likewise be insane to suppose that inorganic matter come together to form an organism. That’s a miracle! There must be the birth of living organisms which is very complex that requires the touch of an intelligent design. Without design, evolutionary process will never get started.

            Fine! Perhaps by chance miracle had occurred. But probability of favorable variations is much lesser than that of the unfavorable. There are number of ways species could adapt to their environment, chances of failing is more likely to happen. The chance of survival then is so small. With this, I think to balance the chances, we must require a purpose. When we speak of purpose, we are implying an intelligent mind at work. This designer intervenes at odd moments but as controlling the whole process.