There are several different versions of the design argument but some of the most famous are: Aquinas's Summa Theologica and Paley's Natural theology. Paley's argument, in the early 19th century, became the best-known and most popular. ... One main argument against Paley is, if a watch is designed by a watchmaker and a human brain is designed by a perfect supreme being, who designed the perfect supreme being? Also, Paley's argument seems to crumble after reading Darwin's theory of evolution. ...

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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. ...

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Considering that this argument pits religion against science we can assert from his rather forthcoming argument against the existence of God that Everitt is reliant on science as the more logical explanation for the universe's existence, a view that several philosophers would dispute mainly William Paley. Paley proposed the now famous argument of design. Paley claims that something as complex as the universe cannot simply exist without a creator. ... To support his argument Paley proposed the analogy of the watch: watches are complex things that have been skillfully designed to read and s...

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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. ...

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