The design argument or teleological argument points to the existence of order and direction in nature toward some kind of goal. The argument essentially proves the existence of God. A designer must exist because the universe and living beings present marks of design in their complexity. Design arguments are unproblematic when based on things that nature clearly could not or would not produce, such as human artifacts. If the designs involve a designer and the universe shows marks of design, then the universe has been created. An intelligent designer is an entity who, according to the intelligent design movement, has played a role in the development of life. Essentially, the claim being made is that some aspects of the universe are too perfectly organized not to have come about because of a supernatural being called God. The Intelligent Design argument is the most recent formulation of the teleological argument. “Proponents point out that although we cannot know that something was not designed, we can detect design in systems whose functions are irreducibly complex” (Peterson 108). These systems are unique systems where each has parts that contribute to the basic function. Therefore, removing any of these parts would cause the system to stop functioning. Over time, these systems produce a better result than each part would have produced separately. This theory also disputes that the process of natural selection is sufficient to explain the complexity of living organisms. The theory states that complexity must come from the work of an intelligent designer. A well-known analogy of the teleological argument is the watchmaker's argument, known by William Paley. The argument says that if one found a watch in an empty field, o...... middle of paper ......m. The universe could easily have been designed for another purpose, without humans being relevant. Another counterargument to the design argument is evolutionary theory or Darwinism. This theory explains the appearance of biological design in nature (Himma). Scientists have demonstrated that the chemical origin of life is compatible with certain natural laws. Scientists have also explained the mechanisms by which life evolved from simple to complex and how it continues to develop. The most important factor is that blind chance is not the only alternative to divine design; rather, it is the cumulative process of natural selection. Therefore, the theory of evolution provides a much more compelling explanation than the argument from design, because science provides a feasible and testable explanation of how complexity arose from simplicity..