Summary Of Argument From Design By William Paley

In “Argument from Design”, William Paley presents a teleological argument for the existence of a powerful and an intelligent designer who created the universe. Paley is trying to prove God’s existence by creating an analogy between the watch and the living organisms. Paley claims that God’s existence depends on the world’s complex structure, and purpose will be detailed in this paper and prove how his argument was crucial in making people understand the very presence or belief in God (Mcgrath 21).

There are some people who do not believe in the existence of God. One might argue against the existence of an intelligent mind that created the universe by saying that if there is a God who created this world, then why do we have natural disasters and poor people. Why can’t God make all poor people rich and stop natural disasters from occurring? Paley would say that these natural disasters and poor people were made like this for a purpose. For example, God might want to examine poor people if they are going to be patient and obedient, though they going through these circumstances, or not. One might also argue that the world was created from nothing or

Paley reiterated about the static concept of creation but remains alert to its activity. He explains that the observer of the designs and structure of nature sees the energy, action and movement that define the creation. He manages to explain this concept by direct annotation of the concept of control analogy of a watch. The watch tends to show evidence of design; when it is actively and efficiently working, it shows more evidence of the assumed ideology. Simply, Paley points to the mere activity of the whole natural world as pure evidence of God’s divine power, supplementing that which is already seen as evidence of God’s contrivance (Mcgrath