Paley

"There cannot be design without a designer." This quote and many other statements in William Paley's argument lead me to believe that William Paley is trying to argue that there is a designer for everything from the universe to watches. The origin of the universe can be very complicated but I completely agree with Paley's argument.

He compares the universe to a watch since a watch can be so complicated and have many different parts in order for it to work correctly. By giving different scenarios he states that watches have a complex structure, and they aren't just thrown together. He talks about the different laws and how it is hard to believe that everything is just put together and does not just appear on the ground where the object (watch) was found. The object must be made by someone who has knowledge about the design of an object and how an object functions. Then Mr. Paley talks about how we have never seen a watch being made so how do we know that a watchmaker made the watch. However, someone had to make the watch because it was just not put together by the ground. If we really wanted to we could probably watch a watchmaker make a watch, but we aren't able to watch God make anything. By this he is stating that anything so complicated such as humans, animals, plants, and nature are made by someone and that someone must