William Paley Design Argument Essay

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In addition to this, parts of a letter from the Prior of Canterbury, to the Bishop of London suggested that ‘Terrible is God towards the sons of men…. He often allows plagues, miserable famines, conflicts and other forms of suffering to arise, and uses them to terrify and torment men and so drive out their sins’. An example which proves this statement to be true is that after the outbreak of the Black Plague, in 1348, people known as flagellants walked around, naked and barefoot, and wore thongs, with sharp needles at the end of a knot, and would whip themselves, as a punishment, to have their sins forgotten about. This piece of evidence sugAnother point to suggest, is that if Christians believed in supernatural causes, then they would also be led to believe in supernatural cures as well. Firstly, people believed that illnesses and conditions could miraculously be healed by Jesus in the Bible, and thus attempted some ridiculous cures. The main point to suggest from this is that the actual cases of survival from serious conditions were in single figures, and therefore, the cures obviously didn’t work. An example of this is proven from an illustration of the kind curing scrofula (a disease of the skin) by simply placing his hand upon the diseased subject. This attempt would definitely fail, as it breaks the laws of nature to be able to do this. Finally, another outrageous cure was recommended by John of Gaddesden, a leading English doctor in the early 1300s. He said that to cure toothache, all you had to do was ‘write these words on a patient. ‘In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, Amen’, and apparently, you would be cured. Once again, this obviously wouldn’t work, according Another point to suggest, is that if Christians believed in supernatural causes, then they would also be led to believe in supernatural cures as well. Firstly, people believed that illnesses and conditions could miraculously be healed by Jesus in the Bible, and thus attempted some ridiculous cures. The main point to suggest from this is that the actual cases of survival from serious conditions were in single figures, and therefore, the cures obviously didn’t work. An example of this is proven from an illustration of the kind curing scrofula (a disease of the skin) by simply placing his hand upon the diseased subject. This attempt would definitely fail, as it breaks the laws of nature to be able to do this. Finally, another outrageous cure was recommended by John of Gaddesden, a leading English doctor in the early 1300s. He said that to cure toothache, all you had to do was ‘write these words on a patient. ‘In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, Amen’, and apparently, you would be cured. Once again, this obviously wouldn’t work, according Another point to suggest, is that if Christians believed in supernatural causes, then they would also be led to believe in supernatural cures as well. Firstly, people believed that illnesses and conditions could miraculously be healed by Jesus in the Bible, and thus attempted some ridiculous cures. The main point to suggest from this is that the actual cases of survival from serious conditions were in single figures, and therefore, the cures obviously didn’t work. An example of this is proven from an illustration of the kind curing scrofula (a disease of the skin) by simply placing his hand upon the diseased subject. This attempt would definitely fail, as it breaks the laws of nature to be able to do this. Finally, another outrageous cure was recommended by John of Gaddesden, a leading English doctor in the early 1300s. He said that to cure toothache, all you had to do was ‘write these words on a patient. ‘In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, Amen’, and apparently, you would be cured. Once again, this obviously wouldn’t work, according Another point to suggest, is that if Christians believed in supernatural causes, then they would also be led to believe in supernatural cures as well. Firstly,