This article is about argument for the existence of God. For inherent laws of man, see
Natural law.
The Natural-law argument for the existence of
God states that the observation of governing laws and existing order in the universe indicates the existence of a superior being who enacted these laws.[1] The argument was popularised by
Isaac Newton,
René Descartes, and
Robert Boyle.[2] The argument of natural laws as a basis for God was changed by Christian figures such as
Thomas Aquinas, in order to fit biblical scripture and establish a Judeo-Christian
teleological law.
Bertrand Russell criticized the argument, arguing that many of the things considered to be
laws of nature, in fact, are human conventions.[3]
^Harrison, Peter; Roberts, Jon H. (2019). Science without God? rethinking the history of scientific naturalism (First ed.). Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
ISBN9780198834588.
