Question

Hello Rabbi,
If I understand correctly, the theory of evolution only weakens, but does not refute, the teleological proof for the existence of God. The refutation, then, applies only to the development of living creatures and not to the universe as a whole. Why?
Because living creatures are indeed subject to a mechanism of evolution, so they could have developed evolutionarily without an intelligent designer, through mutation and natural selection repeating themselves again and again, until each creature became what it is today or went extinct for its own reasons.
Even if we assume that the theory of evolution does in fact greatly weaken the teleological argument for the existence of God, it still does not completely disprove it—since evolution applies only to living creatures and not to the universe as a whole. After all, the universe is structured in an extraordinarily complex way, far more than any watch, machine, or creature we can imagine, and it cannot be argued that it developed in an evolutionary way (since it is not a living being with mutations and natural selection). From this one can infer the existence of a designer and executor.
Do you agree with this?
Thank you very much for the response and for this enlightening site.
Joseph