Thomas Aquinas, and William Paley to prove that god does exists. ... William Paley, who argues for the teleological school of thought. ... Unlike if it had been a rock on the ground, Paley says we would not think it had just always been there. ... Paley then reasons that the world is much like the watch in that everything, trees, rocks, and rivers all had to be made by someone. ...
One of the most popular supporters of this argument goes under the name of William Paley. Paley starts by examining a watch, marveling on how all it's pieces from the hand to its sprockets move in Harmony. ... This precision, in Paley's eyes, show that there must be a watchmaker who created the watch for the purpose of telling time. ... Paley next declares that it would not invalidate his conclusion if the watch sometimes went astray or was seldom right. ... The next concept Paley addresses is the idea of the watch being able to reproduce itself. ...
There are many theories in the area of philosophy dealing with religion. St. Anselm has his Ontological argument. William Paley has his Teleological argument and Soren Kierkegaard talks about faith. But the argument that really fused together faith and reason is the Cosmological argument of St. Thom...
