RE: Detecting design or intent in nature
February 6, 2015 at 2:14 pm
(This post was last modified: February 6, 2015 at 2:15 pm by Simon Moon.)
(February 6, 2015 at 1:48 pm)Heywood Wrote: I am talking about every evolutionary system which contains the following elements: replication, heritable traits, change, and selection. Those elements define the set of things I am talking about. Biological evolution just happens to belong in that set because it is a system which contains those elements.
So...
You define 'evolutionary systems' your way, then claim biological evolution fits your definition because it has SOME of the same features, and purposely ignore all that ways it doesn't fit your definition.
What was your point again?
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.