So your an Athiest

[Mermaid]

I don't really know much of anything by my own research, I'm just an average Joe who reads a lot and never got it together. But when I read what the brightest (or so-called brightest) minds have to say, I keep my eyes and ears open and run their ideas through the ultimate, and very easy-to-use bullshit filter - it's called the Scientific Method! I'm sure you've heard of it, the problem with those of you with Design on the brain is that you don't seem to understand that the five steps are supposed to be done in order. You go and scramble it up, beginning with your conclusion (Step 5 - there MUST be a designer). When I see a so-called expert doing that, then I know I can look elsewhere for sound ideas.

I don't start with the idea of design, I conclude design. Based on the same scientific method that Darwin used and Newton before him. When we have something that we want to study, but can't make observations, we should appeal to our experience to answer the question at hand. Our experience tells us that information comes from intelligence, and complex specific machines come from intelligence. Based on this you should conclude design. You can (and should) still look for a different explanation. But until a good one arises you are relying on faith that one will come.

So many of your statements about how life works have overwhelming evidence to the contrary. You are not thinking like a good scientist. You can be one and a Christian at the same time.