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Difference between teleological argument and cosmological

argument
The teleological argument says that life is so complex, that
it requires a creator of higher complexity. All objects in
the world around us are designed in some way to achieve a
certain purpose, or follow certain laws. Such purposes, and
subservience to laws must have been put forward by God.
o The Teleological argument thus argues that the universe is being
directed towards a telos, an end purpose, and the a posteriori
evidence of an apparent intelligent design in the world implies the
existence of an intelligent designer, God.


The cosmological argument states that there is no such
thing as an infinite regression and that everything requires
a first cause. That first cause is God, who is himself
uncaused.
o The cosmological argument is an argument for the existence of
a First Cause (or instead, an Uncaused cause) to the universe

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