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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. The argument was popularised by, Isaac Newton, René Descartes, and Robert Boyle. 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."

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