RE: I would believe in God if...
March 2, 2017 at 8:41 pm
(This post was last modified: March 2, 2017 at 8:42 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
Quote:A more philosophical question to what is more likely; is our observable universe a result of chance or purpose?
False dilemma, but I take your point. Our observable universe is more likely to be the result of non-random self selection operating on the raw material of chance.
Why not purpose? It seem an unassailable standard that a Being who could purposefully design a universe would have to be of an order of magnitude more complex than the universe itself. That is to say that such a Being would have to be better ordered than the universe.
Why would such a Being opt to create a universe with so many inherent cock ups? (steady on, vorlon) Parasitic wasps, tooth decay, HIV, floods, earthquakes, cosmic radiation, insurance salesmen...could not an infinitely complex Being have instantiated a universe without these and other horrors? It's no good saying, 'God works in mysterious ways, His wonders to perform' - that's simply 'I don't know' dressed in borrowed robes, it isn't remotely an explanation.
I choose the likelihood of a non-purposeful universe by the simple expedient of looking around me: The universe I see is exactly the one I would expect to see if were the result of what you call 'chance': not perfect, just good enough to get by.
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
