RE: The Watchmaker: my fav argument
March 18, 2021 at 9:26 am
(This post was last modified: March 18, 2021 at 9:51 am by John 6IX Breezy.)
(March 17, 2021 at 8:17 pm)polymath257 Wrote: If there is no observational difference, then there is no real difference.
Is this in reference to design? If so two comments:
1. You cannot arbitrarily decide there's no difference—you have to show it. For example, there's no observable difference between a heliocentric and geocentric universe, unless you know to look for a parallax effect out in the distant stars. In other words, saying "I can't think of anything therefore there's no difference" is not a good argument.
2. And if you are right and there is no difference, you not only forfeit your ability to say Intelligent Design is wrong, you also don't get to arbitrarily decide your perspective is the default perspective.