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Intelligent Design: Irreducible Complexity?
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Intelligent Design: Irreducible Complexity?
I have recently been wondering about Irreducible Complexity and Intelligent Design.

I think that Irreducible Complexity is just a reformed "God of the Gaps" argument. For example, my Religious Studies (yes, I had to take that class) teacher used the Human Eye as "evidence' for I.D.. It was along the lines of:

"Oh! Look at the human eye! It's so complex! It's retina, it's muscles connecting to it, the cornea, etc... It could have only be designed by an Intelligent Designer!"

I think it's just because humans previously did not understand how the eye works and how it was formed by evolutionary processes and therefore an Intelligent Designer was the reason. But now we DO understand the processes that created the eye and how it functions so therefore there was no reason anymore to wedge an Intelligent Designer in.

I think the same applies to the other "Irreducibly Complex" things out there.

I also think that Irreducible Complexity is self-refuting to Intelligent Design.

Why? If a Designer was omnipotent and omniscient, then why would s/he need to create something so complex? Couldn't they have created something simpler?

Please let me know what you guys think of this.

P.S. English isn't my first language I apologize in advance for any spelling and grammatical issues. Big Grin
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Intelligent Design: Irreducible Complexity? - by OfficerVajardian - August 13, 2014 at 6:17 am
RE: Intelligent Design: Irreducible Complexity? - by Tonus - August 13, 2014 at 9:03 am
RE: Intelligent Design: Irreducible Complexity? - by John V - August 17, 2014 at 12:39 pm
RE: Intelligent Design: Irreducible Complexity? - by Tonus - August 13, 2014 at 11:15 am

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