RE: The Watchmaker: my fav argument
March 13, 2021 at 2:59 am
(This post was last modified: March 13, 2021 at 3:26 am by Belacqua.)
(March 13, 2021 at 2:41 am)Angrboda Wrote: Would the oceans be more useful to man if he had gills?
We would be able to live in them without as much tech, I guess.
Quote:I rather find it amusing that John was suggesting the empty inaccessible spaces were ours to explore and exploit,
It's common for people these days to fantasize about space exploration. I'm not really for it, myself.
Quote:and you, supposedly agreeing with him, argued that the emptiness of the oceans was to prevent us exploring and exploiting them.
No, I never said that. Please don't make up shit that I didn't say.
It is clear that, lacking gills, we can't comfortably live in the oceans as we do in the open air. But I never said we were "prevented from exploring or exploiting them." We obviously have done that. In fact we've exploited them too much. If the oceans die we die too.
Quote:Man has found his gills, despite not being furnished with them.
Yes, it appears that Bierce was wrong about this. Counter to what he says, the presence of so much ocean is not a reason to think that the earth wasn't designed with people in mind, or that it is a poor design for people.
This is a good example of the narrow-mindedness of people who pass judgment and say that "if God had really designed things, he would have done it the way I would have." Bierce couldn't conceive of the benefits of having the oceans the way they are.
Edited to add:
You're continuing to add to your post after I'd already replied. Here is part of what you added:
Quote:Christian theology, the story of God's chosen, is about how we are not just a side-show in God's plan, but center stage!
You may be confusing me with someone else, because I have never argued for a human-centered view of the world. In fact I argued against "Apollo"'s view because I consider it too human-centered.