But this had no particular purpose for its operation. Although under this concept if one knows the past and present then they can control the future. Since no human knows the present state of all the matter in the universe it is impossible for mankind to predict the future accurately. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. They argued that the material aspects of the universe run in a law-abiding, mechanical way, which was the process that God had in view.
Teleology is the study of design or purpose in natural phenomena.
The use of ultimate purpose or design as a means of explaining natural phenomena. Purposeful development, as in nature or history, toward a final end. Determinists tried to show that events cause other events according to definite laws. But many contended that God's will, or some other non material element or being, is the source that originally determines these events. Determinism the philosophical doctrine that every event, act, and decision is the inevitable consequence of antecedents that are independent of the human will.