Hi
armylngst, and welcome to EvC forum,
armylngst writes:
The fact that the scientist had to go get a huge fan from NASA, and a sprinkler from home depot in order to create the winds and "rain" necessary for her experiments simply shows that the conditions of the experiment (high wind and "rain" in this case) do not just happen.
I don't see how you came to that conclusion. What it clearly shows is that to replicate a natural phenomena we(
humans) need intelligence. Wind and high rain
do just happen, to
recreate them on command would require an intelligent being to access the phenomenon and determine what necessary tools, equipment etc. are needed.
Did an intelligence cause the hurricane? I would say, yes, though perhaps not directly (laws of nature).
So if your intelligent 'being'(or
God) simply sets in motion the laws of nature, then it seems like you have
no proof of a
God, you just have proof that natural laws exist.
You personally invoke
God as the responsible source of the laws but, you are not determining that based off of evidence, you are basing it off of faith in
God. And again,
your personal faith in Gods existance is
not proof
for God.
Also note that it would be nice if you could define which laws of nature you are talking about. The '
laws of nature' on this planet mostly revolve around the size and mass of this planet that places it a this precise distance from it's host star. Are you saying that
God placed this planet specifically at this distance from the Sun for the meer purpose of assigning
'laws of nature'?
would the fact of "God" creating the natural laws that governed hurricane Ike mean that he would have to be directly involved in hurricane Ike? No. Does it mean that he was not involved? No.
First, it is
not a fact that
God created any laws, it is a belief based on faith. However, your answer here needs more clarity. Was He/She responsable or not? The way you answered seems more like an evasion of
having to pick a side. Sure you can say that
X God created the laws that govern this planet, you could also say that an invisible unicorn did it, or a team of faries, what you must keep in mind though is that you need to provide evidence that helps solidify your argument, and not just present it as a faith based opinion...this is a science thread after all.
Enjoy...
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