…solution in mind. He points out that if one were to try and extract moral messages from nature, and rather than reading Paley, Natural Theology of 18.2, which has been Darwin's great textbook as a young man, Paley goes through all the wonderful designs…

…from nature, and rather than reading Paley, Natural Theology of 18.2, which has been Darwin's great textbook as a young man, Paley goes through all the wonderful designs and harmonious ecosystems of nature, thereby telling us that we can not only infer…

…So he had a hidden agenda which was the expulsion of God from nature. He started by reacting against the theology of Paley, the blind watchmaker, well the watchmaker God of Paley that Richard Dawkins has described as the blind watchmaker. He was reacting…

…of God from nature. He started by reacting against the theology of Paley, the blind watchmaker, well the watchmaker God of Paley that Richard Dawkins has described as the blind watchmaker. He was reacting against a theological view that treated animals and…