(January 15, 2016 at 1:13 am)KevinM1 Wrote:(January 15, 2016 at 1:05 am)AAA Wrote: Well my basic point is that the systems in the cell work together in such a way that if they were designed, the designer had incredible intelligence that is truly awe inspiring. No I'm not saying so complex, therefore God. it's: we know how it works, it works like a designed system, other explanations fall short, therefore designer is a reasonable conclusion.
What are you comparing it to to determine that 'it works like a designed system'? Do you have any applicable counterexamples of undesigned/emergent systems?
We compare it to things with known causes. For example, we know computer systems to have a designer. We know coal/diamonds/sand etc. to not be designed. We then compare the qualities of life (such as a DNA code, RNA, Proteins, and their ability to interact in specific ways to accomplish a goal) to the qualities of the things to which the cause is known. The fact is that only known cause things that resemble these features is an intelligent causal agent. Therefore, based on the method of historical science outlined by Newton, and later by Darwin, we can infer design. Now there may be some other explanation, but the theories for abiogenesis all have serious problems, and evolution also has problems.