qetzal
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| Quote (afdave @ May 14 2006,06:14) | There are oodles of things that resemble things that people build all through nature: bat "radar", bird wings, eyes like cameras, ad infinitum ... maybe there is Someone out there who designed this!
I read all you guys' links ... I know what they say ... I always do read your links if they are on topic
You cannot dodge this one ...
There is no escaping the fact that YOUR FAVORITE SITE (not Dembski) made a statement that agrees with AF Dave on one of my MAJOR POINTS--THERE IS OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE THAT BIOLOGICAL "MACHINES" LOOK DESIGNED BECAUSE THEY PROBABLY ARE DESIGNED. |
The problem with your 'fact' is that's it's untrue. There is no 'overwhelming evidence' that biological 'machines' even look designed. Not unless you're willing to provide an objective definition of looks designed.
What we have is overwhelming evidence that some people think things look designed. And in any case, a subjective judgement that something looks designed is not EVIDENCE that it is.
Which leads back to your earlier point. Yes, maybe there is Someone out there who designed this. I personally don't believe that, but I don't claim it's impossible. But "looks designed" is not really evidence for this Someone. "Looks designed, therefore maybe is designed" is just a hypothesis.
Now what you need to do is make and test some predictions. Let me get you started:
IF Someone designed all this, THEN I predict I should see X. HOWEVER, if I see Y, that would be evidence that Someone did NOT design all this.
Can you supply objective specifics for X and Y? If so, your concept of Someone may be testable. Otherwise, not.
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