Re: Origin of life, thermodynamics 2/2 #2

john queen (john.queen.ii@mail.utexas.edu)
Fri, 18 Jul 1997 09:40:05 -0500

At 08:13 PM 7/17/97 -0700, you wrote:
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>"The phrase of yours that particularly bothers me is, "How you
>could conclude from looking at this that there is an intelligent
>designer is beyond me." Are you really serious when you make
>a statement like that or are you just posturing? I see all sorts
>of things around my house that have varying degrees of complexity.
>I conclude that from the end product that someone designed them."
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>No you conclude from the location and the lack of alternative hypotheses
>that it is probably designed. The question is, how do you decide if
>something is designed or something is just natural ? The sorted pebbles on
>the beach ? The layering of deposits ? Design ? Or just natural causes ?
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>"Is that an unreasonable conclusion? Must I go to China and confirm
>that a certain individual there designed my shoes before my
>conclusion would be a reasonable one? For all intents and purposes
>this is an unseen designer as far as I am concerned."
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>Of course there is more to it than just observing it.
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>That you believe that something is designed does not make it so. So my
>question stands, how do you conclude from looking at something that there
>is an intelligent designer ?
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---how do you conclude that that there isn't an intelligent designer?

john w queen ii
3 + 3 = 6 (for all values of 3)
3 + 3 = 7 (never, similar to the chances of evolution)