(August 9, 2015 at 9:24 pm)Iroscato Wrote:Thanks for clearing that up for me, and i'd say I have actually heard this argument before, just a slightly different version.(August 9, 2015 at 9:15 pm)vixene Wrote: Interesting analogy however it didn't make the argument any clearer to me...
Ok...theists often point to how supposedly 'perfect' the Earth is to support life, and follow that with the statement that such only a creator/designer could have 'fine-tuned' the planet to be so suitable for life. Think of it as Irreducible Complexity's older, fatter, more stupid cousin. They often mention how the planet is at an ideal distance from the sun to be just hot enough, or how fertile the soil is.
Whilst the earth is suitable for life to evolve and sustain itself, it's faaaar from being perfect. And then there's the fact that there are literally sextillions of planets out there in the cosmos. Of all of them, at least one would eventually have everything line up in such a way that life takes hold and evolve. That one (but most likely not only, again taking into account the absurdly huge number of planets) was Earth, and it gave rise to a species that spawned members arrogant enough to say it was all designed for them.
The worst thing is when they say the earth is created solely for the habitation of man, but then don't believe in the evolution that brought the earth and all its inhabitants to where it currently is at the moment. Also why is man only on earth? Why isn't there any mention of man on any other planets in holy books? None of them can answer that sadly.
