(February 23, 2014 at 3:51 am)Rayaan Wrote:(February 22, 2014 at 5:02 pm)Deidre32 Wrote: I find your theory very intriguing. I would say that in part you could be correct, for no one truly knows if there exists a Creator or not.
Thanks, although (of course) this was not just "my" theory. It seems to fall generally under the well-known "teleological argument."
(February 22, 2014 at 5:02 pm)Deidre32 Wrote: But, my question for you is why do you seem to equate randomness as chaotic? Order is not the opposite of random. It's the opposite of chaos. So, could you clarify?
No, I didn't equate randomness as chaotic. Chaotic has a different meaning from randomness, although it appears to be random. I explained it in the following post:
http://atheistforums.org/thread-23665-po...#pid591162
The opposite of "order" is "disorder," and "disorder" is the same as "randomness" because they both mean an absence of order.
"Chaotic," on the other hand, just means that the system in question is unpredictable. And it's been proven that a lot systems known as "chaotic" in fact have a great amount of order. So chaos is not an accurate antonym for order. Chaos might be the opposite of order only in a perceptual sense because chaotic systems appear disorderly to us, but not the opposite based on its actual definition.
See the article below on the meaning of "chaos" (which I posted earlier as well).
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Chaos.html
I'm satisfied with your explanation, so you know.
Really, that is an excellent way of describing your view and now I understand your view much better, so thank you.
