RE: The Watchmaker: my fav argument
March 13, 2021 at 8:37 pm
(This post was last modified: March 13, 2021 at 8:39 pm by Belacqua.)
(March 13, 2021 at 3:16 pm)Apollo Wrote: It makes no sense to say we see motion and structures all around us and in the galaxy but I betcha most of universe is empty.
Really big structures can have lots and lots of empty space.
Quote:What are the basis of such model? It’s the same with life elsewhere in universe: we predict that there is life elsewhere in universe and NOT that there is not.
I don't know why a designer would make the universe this way. I'm only arguing that the inhospitable nature of the universe -- with lots of "empty" space -- is not an argument against a designer. Maybe it's an argument against a designer who likes people the most. But maybe not.
After all, it requires no effort for God (as Ground of Being and the actualization of all potentialities) to make a lot of space. And we know that people have the very best place in the universe for people to live, with all the room and resources that we need (if we used them wisely). So a God who "liked" people best still might make a universe in the way that our universe is.
Quote:I have yet to hear a predictive (and not after the fact) basis of predominant empty space in the universe building upon design argument.
I haven't heard one of these either. But I don't see why that militates against a designer.
