RE: Reasons for God
October 11, 2009 at 1:32 pm
(This post was last modified: October 11, 2009 at 1:39 pm by ecolox.)
(October 11, 2009 at 6:07 am)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote:(October 10, 2009 at 10:50 pm)ecolox Wrote: Humans have conscious intelligence. Can that just happen?No. It needs an explanation. It has one: Evolution.
Evolution can't operate without the universe, which can't operate without God. You have to explain everything - not just evolution - to really explain conscious intelligence (physics, chemistry, abiogenesis, evolution, how does the universe exist, etc).
Plus, evolution is not even complete as a explanation - still incomplete.
(October 11, 2009 at 1:07 am)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:If you discovered (for the first time) the works of Shakespeare in the wild, isn't it fairly safe to assume they were produced by intelligence since they are so intelligible?But would your first inclination be to ascribe authorship to an invisible sky-daddy or would you assume that a careless hiker had dropped them?
I had never seen a book before, so why would I think a comrade dropped it?
Quote:Perhaps you need to read The Blind Watchmaker or The God Delusion but I'm not going to hold my breath. Instinct tells me that you merely seek vindication for your fairy tale world view...not challenge.
I've read chapters from both already and I'll read them in their entirety if I can for free. I wouldn't buy them, since I try not to waste money. I try to buy only the things I need to, or less.
Quote:I'll make you an offer, just for the sake of argument. Let's assume that evolution has been disproven. You no longer have to attack it. Now, tell me what actual evidence you have that life began six thousand years ago in the middle east.
I'm not trying to disprove evolution. Though I am not dogmatic about affirming it either...honestly it doesn't matter that much.