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The Argument from Design To see why the theory of evolution by natural selection makes the traditional idea of God superfluous, it is necessary to understand one of the most common arguments for the existence of God. This is the "argument from design". William Paley (1743-1805) summed up this argument in his 1803 book, Natural Theology, When you look at a watch or any other complex machine, Paley said, it must have been made by an intelligent creature.
Paley assumed that this designer was God. In other words, just as the existence of watch implies the existence of watchmaker, so Paley thought that existence of adaptations in animals, plants and other organisms implies the existence of a divine creator- God! But Darwin came out with another explanation ....
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