CD - I asked the question about the painting because if you only had the painting itself, could you determine if the paint on it was there by design or arrived there through a natural process.
Instead of me blindly tossing sponges of paint at the canvas, what if the wind knocked over the bucket of sponges and they fell on the canvas.
By simply looking at the painting, there is no way for you to determine which scenario happened.
The other thing you must consider is that for any designer, the materials he or she works with must exist before the designer does.
If a designer exists, it is made of something. It exists as something. And the natural laws and forces it exists in must exist prior to it's own existence.
Otherwise you are giving attributes to something that doesn't exist.
And the god designer you speak of doesn't exist.
Instead of me blindly tossing sponges of paint at the canvas, what if the wind knocked over the bucket of sponges and they fell on the canvas.
By simply looking at the painting, there is no way for you to determine which scenario happened.
The other thing you must consider is that for any designer, the materials he or she works with must exist before the designer does.
If a designer exists, it is made of something. It exists as something. And the natural laws and forces it exists in must exist prior to it's own existence.
Otherwise you are giving attributes to something that doesn't exist.
And the god designer you speak of doesn't exist.
Insanity - Doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result