(January 9, 2016 at 3:56 pm)AAA Wrote:(January 9, 2016 at 3:03 pm)God of Mr. Hanky Wrote: Can you prove they were all designed? As a scientist, you should know as much as anyone what sort of evidence is required for proof.
Hint: scientific evidence is NOT anecdotal, as is everything which you have presented so far.
Regarding the fact that the hardware behind life functions actually perform, that is proof only that it's good enough to do what it does. Being that it had 4.5 billion years to do that much, it really isn't so remarkable.
No I can't prove they were designed, but they share features with things that we know only arise from intelligent designer, such as interacting parts that work together to achieve a goal, and a specific sequence that holds information. Therefore I think the default conclusion should be that it was designed.
Can you prove that a designer is required for interacting parts to work together? I don't think you can, therefore your answer should default to "I don't know". If you are going to be a scientist, it's guaranteed you will not get far in any respectable scientific circles when you can't be that honest regarding what you do and don't know.
Quote:Can you prove that they evolved? No, there is no observable evidence that can be presented to prove either side. We have to compare the thing that we are trying to explain (a chemical code that produces a desired effect) based on our experience of such a phenomenon.
Bullshit - the evidence is all over the fossil record and heavily evident in genetic studies! Fossil evidence proves that life has progressed over 4 billion years from ultra-simple to very complex, and genetic studies prove the degree to which genes of a given species are related to their most similar cousin species - take your head out of your ass and google it for yourself!
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