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Author Topic:   True science follows the evidence wherever it leads (The design of the eye)
Dr Adequate
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Message 29 of 49 (389543)
03-14-2007 5:22 AM


Simulations
Let's clear this up. If scientists simulate the weather on a computer, this does not prove that God makes the thunder by shouting. If scientists simulate evolution on a computer, this does not prove that God made species appear by magic out of nowhere. If scientists simulate gravity on a computer, that does not prove that the planets are being pushed round by angels.
Rather, these simulations prove the exact opposite: that no supernatural explanation is required.
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Dr Adequate
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Message 30 of 49 (389544)
03-14-2007 5:46 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by ICdesign
03-12-2007 9:51 PM


Furthermore, if evolution took place in the past their would have to be thousands upon thousands of transitional forms among the millions of fossils we have uncovered in the past century and a half but their are none that the scientific community agrees are truly transitional.
But this is simply untrue.
First of all how would a non-thinking source even know that we needed to see to begin with?
A non-thinking source doesn't know anything. Can you not even pose the question without anthropomorphism?
I just don't have the tremendous blind faith it takes to believe such a theory.
Blind faith is not required. Knowledge of the evidence is. Such as those intermediate forms to which you are, how shall I put this, "blind".
Knowledge of the theory is also necessary. If you're still at the stage of asking "how would a non-thinking source even know that we needed to see to begin with?" you are "blind" to what the theory says.
Complexity requires forethought.
What about the simple aspect of the eyeball being perfectly round?
So, perfect roundness is a hallmark of design, is it?
Did you ever notice that the arc of a rainbow is a segment of a perfect circle?
I presume that you learnt why this is in school, but just to remind you, it's the result of physical laws, not God getting busy with a paintbrush.
That is design all by itself!
Or evolution.
You are still at the stage of assuming the thing which you want to prove. If the only way I knew to produce the appearance of design was in fact design, then I should take your argument to be a valid one. As I know of lots of other processes which produce the appearance of design, I do not find your argument convincing.

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Dr Adequate
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Message 40 of 49 (389663)
03-14-2007 7:26 PM
Reply to: Message 34 by ICdesign
03-14-2007 6:14 PM


Re: THE KNOCK OUT PUNCH
NAME ONE MAN-MADE INTELLIGENT DESIGN THAT EXCEEDS THE COMPLEX DESIGN FOUND IN THE HUMAN BODY!
I know of no intelligent design that gets anywhere near the complexity of the human body.
So I guess I should conclude that the human body was not intelligently designed.
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