Rationalism
The teleological argument, AKA the argument from design. It states that a designer must exist since1. Human artifacts are products of intelligent design.
2. The universe resembles human artifacts.
3. Therefore the universe is a product of intelligent design.
4. But the universe is complex and gigantic, in comparison to human artifacts.
5. Therefore, there probably is a powerful and vastly intelligent designer who created the universe.
This argument is simple to understand since humans are designers by nature and it is natural to think in terms of things having purpose. It is also consistent with Rom. 1:20,
For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.
I think the
teleological argument carries weight because it matches with Scripture. The
Bible says that we are made in God's image. Therefore, there are certain things
that we will naturally do. Even though the unbeliever suppresses the truth of
God in his unrighteousness (Rom. 1:18-32), the Truth is still there.
Evolutionists have difficulty with apparent design in objects like the eye,
the heart, and the brain where many different parts come together to form the
whole. These parts have no purpose except in the function of the whole. What
good would an eye be all by itself? How can evolution account for these detailed
arguments? So far, it can't.