RE: So your an Athiest
December 4, 2015 at 9:56 pm
(This post was last modified: December 4, 2015 at 9:57 pm by Simon Moon.)
(December 4, 2015 at 9:30 pm)AAA Wrote:(December 4, 2015 at 9:16 pm)Natachan Wrote: ok. Provide your evidence.
I study biology, and I am blown away at how information rich even the simplest organisms are. The theory of evolution does a poor job of explaining the origin of new genetic information, and I think that it is more logical to assume that intelligence played a role in the origin of genetic information than to assume that it has some other explanation that we will discover later. Based on our experience, information only has one cause and that is intelligence. If you are more comfortable waiting for a different answer that's fine, but then you are relying on a mild type of faith.
Also the universe itself has many specific physical properties that allow it to support life. For example the rate of expansion of the universe and the strength of gravitational pull are so finely balanced that the slightest variation in either of the two variables will lead to the inability of the universe to produce planets.
Actually, it is a logical fallacy to assume that an intelligence played a role. It is called, "argument from ignorance".
The universe has just as many physical properties for the formation of black holes. Maybe it was intelligently designed for producing black holes, and life is just an accidental by product.
Seriously, the vast majority of the universe is not conducive to support life. We can't even survive on the majority of this planet, most of the universe means instant death for us.
The universe is not here for us, we are here because we have adapted in such a way to survive in an extremely small part of the universe.
What you are saying is similar to Douglas Adams parable about the puddle of water:
This is rather as if you imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, 'This is an interesting world I find myself in — an interesting hole I find myself in — fits me rather neatly, doesn't it? In fact it fits me staggeringly well, must have been made to have me in it!'
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
