hing in nature would be worthless or would serve a purpose. Just as God to the universe, without God the universe would not exist and everything in the universe wouldn’t exist or be relevant, which concludes God that is out intelligent designer.( Pojman,Louis P.(1999))William Paley was a religious philosopher during a more modern era then the one of Thomas Aquinas. At this time there were other religions then just Christianity. During Paley’s time he argues eight premises of some metaphorical intelligent designer or a great being who had designed a watch that was found on the ground, but even though we know someone or something created the watch he, she or it was not in plain sight. From finding this watch he argues eight premises to prove the existence of God.Paley’s first premise argues even though we have never seen this watchmaker or we have not physically touched the watchmaker; then someone must have purposely put the watch together. This relates to God creating the universe. Although we have never seen or touched God we know someone purposely put the universe the way it is today. Something as the universe just didn’t suddenly come together by itself, a great designer or a great intelligent being created everything in such a way that everything in the universe runs in a continuing repetitive cycle. For example the food chain in nature, for animals in the animal kingdom to survive they must prey on and feed on the weaker animals below them. Without this detailed cycle, which on could have been created by an intelligent being, life wouldn’t be existent. That is why the watchmaker or God as we know our supreme being to be exists.( Pojman,Louis P.(1999))Paley’s second premise argues even though the watch and the universe may not be perfect, this does not take away from a designer being evident. Imperfections do not take away from planned order because even though every time the watch is wound i...
