> "Anthony Campbell" acampbell.org.uk> wrote in message

>>
>> The Argument from Design has a long history in Western thought
>> and has often been one of the main reasons advanced to justify a
>> belief in God. It has, however, been frequently criticised,
>> notably by David Hume.
>>

> No it doesn't.
> "Natural theology" was invented in Britain in the eighteenth century, and
> died out in the nineteenth. It never had much infleunce outside the British
> Empire.

> Malcolm btinternet.com> wrote:
>

>> "Anthony Campbell" acampbell.org.uk> wrote in message

>>>
>>> The Argument from Design has a long history in Western thought
>>> and has often been one of the main reasons advanced to justify a
>>> belief in God. It has, however, been frequently criticised,
>>> notably by David Hume.
>>>

>> No it doesn't.
>> "Natural theology" was invented in Britain in the eighteenth century, and
>> died out in the nineteenth. It never had much infleunce outside the
>> British
>> Empire.

>
> Not sure about either claim. John Ray was one of the founders of natural
> theology, and he lived and worked in the 17th century (with the founder
> of the Royal Society, my namesake). Also William Harvey was a major
> distal source of NT. ...