RE: The Problem with Christians
March 30, 2016 at 2:38 am
(This post was last modified: March 30, 2016 at 2:39 am by robvalue.)
Have we been presented with an example of a non-designed life form, for comparison? What would that be like?
Clearly a life form is already a system. Saying its a system that "was designed" adds no more useful information. If anything, it's a red herring, leading us to investigate motives of this apparent designer rather than just studying what we actually have. Studying it works perfectly well. What advantage is there imagining what a possible designer had in mind?
It seems obvious to me that the "designer" was already assumed before any "investigation" started, and so no conclusion has been made. If your religious beliefs insist that you believe in a designer, it's hardly an investigation at all, is it? If no example of non-designed life can be posited, then there was never any danger of a different conclusion ever being reached. It's a charade of confirmation bias.
Clearly a life form is already a system. Saying its a system that "was designed" adds no more useful information. If anything, it's a red herring, leading us to investigate motives of this apparent designer rather than just studying what we actually have. Studying it works perfectly well. What advantage is there imagining what a possible designer had in mind?
It seems obvious to me that the "designer" was already assumed before any "investigation" started, and so no conclusion has been made. If your religious beliefs insist that you believe in a designer, it's hardly an investigation at all, is it? If no example of non-designed life can be posited, then there was never any danger of a different conclusion ever being reached. It's a charade of confirmation bias.
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