(December 4, 2015 at 10:31 pm)Natachan Wrote: Your definition is a bit broad. Steve the blue alien who lives in a parallel universe and who has a space ship that poops universes fits that definition just as well. Why not?
And yes, this is an argument from personal incredulity. I tend to think our planet is not so unique as we have thought. I tend to think there could easily be some type of life in our own solar system. You still have not demonstrated that our universe was "created" just said some fallacious argument about design. We KNOW how planets and galaxies come to exist. No agency is required for them to come about. We know how new organs and systems within biological systems come about, no agency is required.
Now if you want to argue that abiogenesis is impossible and requires an intelligent agent I would again state that this is an argument from incredulity. There are perfectly sound models that do propose mechanisms for how it could happen. That is all that is required for the moment. We might not have the be all and end all explanation, but there are working models that look promising.
You still haven't provided positive evidence for your agent. Simply equated writing with biological adaptation does not do it since it is extremely fallacious.
I know the definition is broad, but I'm more interested with the science behind it than the theological definitions.
A planet capable of sustaining life is rare. The odds of a planet being the right size, being the correct distance from the sun, having the right amount of molten iron in the core to produce a magnetic field, and having a correctly proportioned atmosphere are just a few of the many criteria that a planet has to have to sustain life. Most astronomers agree that it takes unique conditions to make a planet that can sustain life. Galaxies come into existence because of the precisely set laws of the universe that allow them to. Also I'm assuming you meant to say that you think we will find life somewhere in the galaxy instead of the solar system, considering that the solar system is just the 8 planets that orbit our sun.
Abiogenesis is one of the most forced theories based on presuppositions next to the multiverse theory. I think you would have trouble finding a biochemist who would tell you that there is a sound model of abiogenesis. And it is not from a lack of searching.
As for the biological adaptation point, it is important to recognize that biological adaptation can only occur if the population can reproduce. But we would be unable to adapt if we didn't have many highly specialized molecular structures and functions. We can't have complex structures without evolution, and we can't evolve without complex structures. It is a chicken or the egg problem.