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Phage
reply to post by Another_Nut
Please show evidence of these new species
Please show evidence of an increase in biodiversity in the past oh....say... 2,000 years. Since you mentioned Christ.
edit on 10/19/2013 by Phage because: (no reason given)
Arbitrageur
Is extinction caused by genetic or environmental factors? It's not either-or, it's both.
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Law
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alfa1
Broom
There is actually a way for it to be proven.
I'm thinking of an object.
How can I prove whether or not it was designed (or not)?
What procedures, tests or examinations should I make to prove the "design hypothesis" true or false?
"Procedures? Tests?" Hey, you forgot creationism is a BELIEF, you don't need no stinkin' tests
alfa1
Broom
There is actually a way for it to be proven.
I'm thinking of an object.
How can I prove whether or not it was designed (or not)?
What procedures, tests or examinations should I make to prove the "design hypothesis" true or false?
Broom
I'm thinking of an object.
How can I prove whether or not it was designed (or not)?
What procedures, tests or examinations should I make to prove the "design hypothesis" true or false?
Here is a simple explanation to your question.
alfa1
Broom
Was it Designed?
Long posts, and yes I did read them, but I think a shorter version would be:
God did it.
Looking at your previous posts, its clear that's the answer you want.
Edit - actually it would also have saved time if you'd just written: Watchmaker argument, William Paley, 1802.
Broom
How many people would you think if they walked out into the desert and saw the Great Pyramid at Giza would assume it had no designer.
Or how about if you found a structure on mars that was a perfect pyramid. Would it be reasonable to conclude it just happened to be?
Astyanax
reply to post by burntheships
More here on The Bumblebee
Not sure of your point. Is it Hitler's supposed point to Göring, that 'according to the scientists, the bumblebee cannot fly, but it does!' How does that suggest to you that a bumblebee was designed and not evolved? To me it suggests the opposite.
Godwin's law (also known as Godwin's Rule of Nazi Analogies or Godwin's Law of Nazi Analogies) is an assertion made by Mike Godwin in 1990 that has become an Internet adage. It states: "As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1." In other words, Godwin said that, given enough time, in any online discussion—regardless of topic or scope—someone inevitably makes a comparison to Hitler or the Nazis.
t seems that in order to trace the unfolding of the physical Universe, in our minds abstract imagination, or in digital models, as the physical sciences describe it, it is inevitable to arrive at the observation that the Universe science describes reeks of efficacy and the appearance of design. Is there a standard of measure by which to define an appearance of design, in order to better approach the question of whether that physical system was designed, or not? By examining how complex systems we know to be designed work, systems like industrialist machinery or computers for example, it seems possible to derive a list of attributes that accompany a system that is intelligently designed. Even a brief reflection on this matter would show that complexity, intricacy, inter-connectedness, precision, an appearance of ingenuity in problem solving, and efficiency in efficacy, are just some of the hallmarks that accompany systems we know to be designed, and can be understood as strongly indicative of a system created by intelligent life. If a black box were analyzed to determine whether it is a naturally occurring system, or if it is the product of purpose and design, the probability that the blackbox in question is designed increases rapidly in the evidence of each coinciding characteristics. It should be evident that the Universe described in the worldview of the physical sciences abounds with evidences of these very characteristics of complexity, intricacy, inter-connectedness, precision, appearance of ingenuity in problem solving, and efficiency in efficacy. Why then should it be some sort of scandalous idea to seriously press the issue that the Universe appears to be designed, and attempt to explore any implications which may follow?
Psalm 19 NAB
1 For the leader. A psalm of David.
2 The heavens declare the glory of God; the sky proclaims its builder's craft.
3 One day to the next conveys that message; one night to the next imparts that knowledge.
4 There is no word or sound; no voice is heard;
5 Yet their report goes forth through all the earth, their message, to the ends of the world.
Evolution does not necessarily account for the majority of the extinctions that have ever occurred. (although I do realize Darwin believed this)
If Im wrong Im hoping someone can point me in the right direction.
Astyanax
reply to post by theantediluvian
Very funny. I was invoking no comparison, merely making a historical reference. Hitler's point was very different from mine or Burntheships's; old Adolf was, I believe, trying to convince his Minister of Aircraft Production that 'nothing is impossible'.
Which is, of course, rubbish. Plenty of things are.
edit on 19/10/13 by Astyanax because: it's rubbish.
Humans are animals. Animals are nature.
Humans design. Therefore, nature designs.