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If Darwin thinks that species are weeded out through the process of natural selection, this would appear to negate what Paley believes, which is an intelligent Creator. Darwin preserves the ideologies put forth by Paley, in which a successor will not possess qualities, which are harmful to its creator or “possessor” as Darwin calls it. The possibility for Darwin’s theory to preserve any of Paley’s argument, involves seeing natural selection as part of a perfect design, with a creator who understands the designs, wherein some species are weaker than others, but not with the intention to do harm to other species.
Darwin negates some of Paley’s argument in his views contained by natural selection. Paley’s theory with the watch questions how …show more content…
This sort of variation, if there were to be a variation (a term which is very significant to Darwin), in Paley’s opinion, should not account for the non-existence of a God in the Universe. Reaching the conclusion that the successor of the watch is not connected to a creator is illogical, according to Paley. In Paley’s analysis of the watchmaker, he summates that the watch “must have had, for the cause and author of that construction, an artificer, who understood its mechanism, and designed its use.” (Ch.2-3). This same ideology is sustained in Darwin’s “Origin of Species”, but it is not presented the same way. If the watch is designed by a creator, and in the words of …show more content…
Using these thoughts, the connection between religion and science seems to be an important one. Darwin is not focused on the work of an intelligent Creator, but still agrees that the Universe works with an intuitive connectivity. While an atheist would possibly adhere to Darwin’s theory over Paley’s, the parallels, or at least similarities between the two, can lead one to think that there is merit in using religion and science to make sense of the beginning of the universe, and how nature functions seemingly
If Darwin thinks that species are weeded out through the process of natural selection, this would appear to negate what Paley believes, which is an intelligent Creator. Darwin preserves the ideologies put forth by Paley, in which a successor will not possess qualities, which are harmful to its creator or “possessor” as Darwin calls it. The possibility for Darwin’s theory to preserve any of Paley’s argument, involves seeing natural selection as part of a perfect design, with a creator who understands the designs, wherein some species are weaker than others, but not with the intention to do harm to other species.
Darwin negates some of Paley’s argument in his views contained by natural selection. Paley’s theory with the watch questions how …show more content…
This sort of variation, if there were to be a variation (a term which is very significant to Darwin), in Paley’s opinion, should not account for the non-existence of a God in the Universe. Reaching the conclusion that the successor of the watch is not connected to a creator is illogical, according to Paley. In Paley’s analysis of the watchmaker, he summates that the watch “must have had, for the cause and author of that construction, an artificer, who understood its mechanism, and designed its use.” (Ch.2-3). This same ideology is sustained in Darwin’s “Origin of Species”, but it is not presented the same way. If the watch is designed by a creator, and in the words of …show more content…
Using these thoughts, the connection between religion and science seems to be an important one. Darwin is not focused on the work of an intelligent Creator, but still agrees that the Universe works with an intuitive connectivity. While an atheist would possibly adhere to Darwin’s theory over Paley’s, the parallels, or at least similarities between the two, can lead one to think that there is merit in using religion and science to make sense of the beginning of the universe, and how nature functions seemingly