Ed1wolf
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No, you misunderstand the argument from design. Sand was not "designed" in the sense that you are talking about. Sand comes into existence through natural law, ie orderly processes. Yes, the law was designed, but the outcome is a result of the law acting on matter, the molecules of the universe. But natural law can only reach a very low level of complexity and we have discovered the laws that create sand because of their relatively simplicity. However, life is a quantum leap in complexity beyond sand. You have interacting components and you have purposes built in to them and the structure of the organism. Such as ears are for hearing and eyes are for seeing. The evidence for single designer is the similarity of design. Notice that all mammals have bilateral symmetry and have other basic similarities. There are also odd little quirks such as the panda's thumb. Art experts can look at a painting and by studying the odd little quirks in the painting and the certain similar characteristics that the artist is known to do, can help determine that the painting has been done by one particular painter. So it is with living things. In fact, this overall similarity is also the foundation of the theory of evolution. If there were multiple designers, so that there was no similar blueprints for all living things, the theory of evolution would never have come into existence.The problem with the watch in the sand argument is that it proves the opposite of what Christians need the argument to prove.
Tha argument goes like this. You are walking on a beach and see a watch. A watch is a complex machine that had to have been designed.
The problem is, according to the Christian view, is that the sand was also designed, but sand's designer was infinitely more complex than a designer for a watch. And yet, sand is just sand.
Second problem with the design argument, at least from my perspective, is that you can't tell whether there is a designer, and if there is one, how many of them worked on a given design. Lets say, for the sake of the argument, that I agree with you and there had to be a designer. How do you determine how many designers there were? Why should a pear tree require the same designer as an apple tree?
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