| | Every indication of contrivance, every manifestation of design, which existed in the watch, exists in the works of nature; with the difference, on the side of nature, of being greater and more, and that in a degree which exceeds all computation. I mean, that the contrivances of nature surpass the contrivance of art, in the complexity, subtlety, and curiosity of the mechanism.” .<ref>William Paley, ''Natural Theology'', page 2 </ref>}} | | Every indication of contrivance, every manifestation of design, which existed in the watch, exists in the works of nature; with the difference, on the side of nature, of being greater and more, and that in a degree which exceeds all computation. I mean, that the contrivances of nature surpass the contrivance of art, in the complexity, subtlety, and curiosity of the mechanism.” .<ref>William Paley, ''Natural Theology'', page 2 </ref>}} |
| | More recently, [[Stephen C. Meyer]], Ph.D. in his essay, ''The Origin of Life and the Death of Materialism'' wrote the following: | | More recently, [[Stephen C. Meyer]], Ph.D. in his essay, ''The Origin of Life and the Death of Materialism'' wrote the following: |