RE: The Watchmaker: my fav argument
March 9, 2021 at 12:24 pm
(This post was last modified: March 9, 2021 at 12:28 pm by John 6IX Breezy.)
(March 9, 2021 at 12:05 pm)possibletarian Wrote: The problem is the claims made about a persons chosen deity, who in the case of christianity claim is a perfect being, that created a world that same being declared as 'good'. Perhaps good does not mean good in the way that we expect, in which case what's is the point of using the word at all, if it's totally disconnected from anything we can understand.
There has to be some way to measure what everyone means by perfection. I think the "as intended" definition is good because it provides a template from which to measure divergence. (Even if that template is not accessible to us.)
If a circle was intended to be circular, then it can be said to be perfect. If a circle intended to be circular comes out oval, then it isn't perfect.
(I also think we should avoid saying: Circles aren't perfect because they're not square.)