Re: Growing Up In The Universe

AndrewR wrote:
"Dr.Hal0nf1r£$" <femail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:EpWdnSyPB5XM42PVnZ2dnUVZ8qrinZ2d@xxxxxxxxx
IlBeBauck@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

REPLY: 250 definitive design parameters for our universe ....so
razor precise that it completely boggles the mind .

Perhaps you'd be good enough to explain to us what those are, the meaning of them; and why they boggle your mind? Of course we know that you can't because you don't have a clue what any of them mean, neither can you comprehend that, from the few that you've told me they all appear to be variable quantities. - Not that you're even aware of their meaning. The reason that they boggle your mind is that you're in awe of what you don't understand.

Well, if one takes the theistic view that the universe has an explicit purpose, and that purpose is to support life *exactly* like ours then there are a near infinite number of variables which must be exactly right in order to achieve the purpose and a designer becomes inevitable.

Without that initial assumption of purpose the argument falls apart and life becomes merely a happy coincidence (from our point of view, anyway).

It makes about as much sense as the ants in my garden asking "How come our ants nest is sited here? We have earth that is easy to dig, we are close to a river for moisture but far enough away not to flood, we have plentiful supply of leaves, we have warmth from the adjacent house and security from predators. It must be pre-destined by god, otherwise we couldn't exist".

regards, Ian
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