William Paley's Analysis

William Paley’s conclusion is that God does indeed exist. The principal idea of Paley’s argument is that in the world there exists so much sophisticated design, purpose, as well as detail that society must suppose a creator for all of it because it could not have occurred only by chance. As an attempt for William Paley to prove God’s existence, he explains a “watch” analogy. A watch is created by a watchmaker, as the universe is created by a universe maker: God. This argument states that after glancing at a watch lying on the ground, one will pick it up and begin to notice all of its complex parts, which altogether work in a particular function to keep track of time. It is crucial for one to then assume that this exact piece of device has a