This watch, or as Paley calls it "a well adjusted machine", would not demonstrate it's purpose of telling time if one of it's components were slightly perturbed. This precision, in Paley's eyes, show that there must be a watchmaker who created the watch for the purpose of telling time. ... He concludes the watch analogy with the assumption, that no intelligent person would assume that the pieces of the watch were just a random combination of nature. ... Men who would believe that the watch shows a design or purpose would reach this conclusion because they are familiar with tools...

• Word Count: 4014
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School

He declares that his son is the word of God or God never spoke. The book of Genesis depicts God as creating through speech (Genesis 1:1-31); a God that does not speak is a God that does not create. ... Ely wonders about being the last person left alive: "Suppose you were the last one left? ... He will turn the hearts of parents to their children and the hearts of children to their parents, so that I will not come and strike the land with a curse. ... Job asks God: "Do you have eyes of flesh? ...

• Word Count: 8991
• Approx Pages: 36
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

It is expected that the Holocaust survivors would lose faith in God, their determination to go on living, and their reliance in others because of the horrific experiences that they faced day to day. ... A person would question living when he sees the demise of loved ones and fellow Jews right before his eyes. ... Wiesel believes that God exists, and he wonders how God could sit back and watch thousands of His people brutally tortured and murdered. ... These people feel that God is alive and just doesn't care about the Jews and their suffering. ... Maybe God is to blame for their unity...

• Word Count: 2963
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School