RE: Scientism & Philosophical Arguments
December 14, 2015 at 1:41 pm
(This post was last modified: December 14, 2015 at 1:47 pm by SteveII.)
(December 14, 2015 at 1:38 pm)Whateverist the White Wrote:(December 14, 2015 at 1:33 pm)SteveII Wrote: When I posted this in another thread, I got answers that ranged from a GIF laughing over and over, a suggestion that we need to look at the certain to be life on other planets and that this was simply a God of the Gaps argument. Can it really be dismissed so easily?
Premise One: Despite a thorough search, no material causes have been discovered that demonstrate the power to produce large amounts of specified information, irreducible and interdependent biological systems.
Premise Two: Intelligent causes have demonstrated the power to produce large amounts of specified information, irreducible and interdependent systems of all sorts.
Conclusion: Intelligent design constitutes the best, most causally adequate, explanation for the information and irreducible complexity in the cell, and interdependence of proteins, ...
So you're basically saying:
1 Mumbo
2 Jumbo
3 Therefore God!
Thanks for making my point. If it does not agree with your worldview or your worldview is inadequate to consider it, it must be Mumbo Jumbo.