(May 19, 2016 at 6:56 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(May 19, 2016 at 6:08 pm)AAA Wrote: Are you sure? He mentions several times in his book how Darwin explained the design without a designer. He also says: Biology is the study of complicated things that give the appearance of having been designed for a purpose. Plus dictionary.com defined design as: purpose, planning, or intention that exists or is thought to exist behind an action, fact, or material object.
Biological systems definitely exhibit purpose behind their actions especially on the cellular level. Everything is coordinated to respond to stimuli in the most beneficial way for the organism. Do you really think that biological systems don't exhibit apparent design?
Stimbo beat me to it. The key word in your mined quote is 'appearance'. Dawkins uses this word, and the accompanying phrase, as hook upon which to hang the very persuasive argument that biological systems appear to be designed when, in fact, they are not. If you would read Dawkins' books and papers on the subject, instead of simply relying on the mined quotes you pick up from whatever creationist website is currently giving you a chubby, you might grasp this.
Here's an experiment. Go and visit Dr. Dawkins. Tell him that you know he believes that life is designed (as defined by your online dictionary) and refuse to listen to his answers. 8-3 odds you give him another stroke.
Boru
Obviously he doesn't think that the design is the result of a mind. However, if I were to ask Dawkins if he thought natural selection is a designing force, I bet he would say yes. This is what I said at the beginning anyways. It leads to design without requiring a designer. And it is no "fact" that they are not intelligently designed, and I did read The God Delusion this past semester.