Limitations on Conclusion
Summary;
Even if, despite the objections mentioned so far, you still find the Design Argument convincing, you should notice that it does not provide any evidence for the existence of one God or as it is known: monotheism – the view that there is only one God.
Even if you accept that the world and everything in it clearly shows evidence of having been designed, there is no reason to believe that it was all designed by one God. If we extend the analogy, it takes a team of people all working together to design, manufacture and build multiple watches, so would it not stand to reason that it was a team of Gods that built the universe and everything inside of it?
It also takes different group of humans, specialised in different disciplines, to build complex structures like nuclear power stations or the large hadron collider, so again, is it not reasonable that it was a group of different Gods specialised in different disciplines who built the different complex structures of the universe?
Another thing that goes against this argument, is that the universe has a number of ‘design faults’ when we look closely at nature. For instance, the human eye has a tendency to short-sightedness, and to cataracts in old age, some humans and animals are born disabled and people develop cancer often. Hardly the work of an all-powerful creator, wanting to create the best world possible.
Finally, on the question of whether the Designer is all-knowing and all-good, many people find the amount of evil in the world counts against this conclusion. An all knowing God, would know that evil exists, an all-powerful God would be able to prevent it occurring and an all-good God would not want it to exist. But evil continues to occur.
