Teleological argument

=== Alleged argument from analogy===
The design claim can be challenged as an [[argument from analogy]]. Supporters of design suggest that natural objects and man-made objects have many similar properties, and man-made objects have a designer. Therefore, it is probable that natural objects must be designed as well. However, proponents must demonstrate that all the available evidence has been taken into account.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cornman |first=James W. |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Philosophical_Problems_and_Arguments.html?id=cRHegYZgyfUC |title=Philosophical Problems and Arguments: An Introduction |last2=Lehrer |first2=Keith |last3=Pappas |first3=George Sotiros |date=1992-01-01 |publisher=Hackett Publishing |isbn=978-0-87220-124-8 |language=en}}</ref> Eric Rust argues that, when speaking of familiar objects such as watches, "we have a basis to make an inference from such an object to its designer". However, the "universe is a unique and isolated case" and we have nothing to compare it with, so "we have no basis for making an inference such as we can with individual objects. ... We have no basis for applying to the whole universe what may hold of constituent elements in the universe."<ref>Rust, E., ''Religion, Revelation and Reason'', Mercer University Press, 1981, p.&nbsp;[https://books.google.com/books?id=AcSw6GDlLVwC&dq=criticism+%22teleological+argument%22&pg=PA96 96].</ref>