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| Quote (curiousgeorge @ May 19 2010,18:03) | | So no serious responses as of yet... |
I'll have a go, then. This is 'the atheist's riddle'.
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Gentlemen:
The starting point of this discussion is my central thesis, which is:
1) DNA is not merely a molecule with a pattern; it is a code, a language, and an information storage mechanism.
2) All codes are created by a conscious mind; there is no natural process known to science that creates coded information.
3) Therefore DNA was designed by a mind.
If you can provide an empirical example of a code or language that occurs naturally, you've toppled my proof. All you need is one.
Perry Marshall |
I offer the following counter:
a) All minds are ultimately the result of DNA, since it tells the body how to form, and there are no known non-biological minds.
b) Following from point 3, this means that DNA was designed by a mind which was formed from DNA, which was also designed by a mind, in an infinite chain of causality.
c) Since the universe has existed for a finite time, this cannot be the case. Therefore either point 3 is false, or there exist minds which are not biological - something science has never observed.
d) Therefore, DNA was not designed by a mind.
If you can provide an empirical example of a non-biological mind, you've toppled my counter.
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