Hume's Criticisms of Design
David Hume's philosophical objections to the Design Argument, presented in his Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion. He argued that the universe's apparent order could result from natural processes, that the analogy between human and divine creation fails, and that design does not necessarily entail an omnipotent, omnibenevolent God.
Real World
Hume's critique that a flawed universe could imply a flawed designer anticipated modern atheist arguments — Bart Ehrman's 2008 book God's Problem used natural disasters like the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami to argue that suffering contradicts benevolent design.
Exam Focus
Structure Hume's criticisms separately — weak analogy, alternative causes, limited designer — rather than blending them into one point.
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