If the world is truly a product of bad design, then there is a situation where either there is no creator behind it, or the creator does not fit the parameters we give it in the Judaeo-Christian religion. This is an idea explored later on in Hume’s writings. A major feature in Design arguments both recent and historical is the comparison that one makes between the materialistic and mechanical items we have here on earth that have been designed and how that links to the formation of the universe. However Hume argued that the grounds for an analogy such as this is far too weak. The natural world the plethora of items that inhabit it are far too dissimilar from the human artefacts from which we are trying to evoke a link. To put forward the most noticeable, and perhaps most important differences, the natural objects in the universe are living organisms that have the ability to regulate and change themselves freely, whereas the manmade objects on earth are inanimate creations that had to be made by an outside force. However Hume did, if only in jest, suggests a better and more plausible comparison one could draw
If the world is truly a product of bad design, then there is a situation where either there is no creator behind it, or the creator does not fit the parameters we give it in the Judaeo-Christian religion. This is an idea explored later on in Hume’s writings. A major feature in Design arguments both recent and historical is the comparison that one makes between the materialistic and mechanical items we have here on earth that have been designed and how that links to the formation of the universe. However Hume argued that the grounds for an analogy such as this is far too weak. The natural world the plethora of items that inhabit it are far too dissimilar from the human artefacts from which we are trying to evoke a link. To put forward the most noticeable, and perhaps most important differences, the natural objects in the universe are living organisms that have the ability to regulate and change themselves freely, whereas the manmade objects on earth are inanimate creations that had to be made by an outside force. However Hume did, if only in jest, suggests a better and more plausible comparison one could draw