Originally posted by joesha28
The Argument from Design: TeleologicalA watch proves not only a maker, an artificer but also a designer; a watch is amde for a purpose, an evident structure. A thoughtful designing mind was at the back of the watch. So it is in the world that we live in. These "ends" in nature are not attributed to "natural selection" results which are produced without intelligence nor are they "the survival of the fittest". They are the results of a superintending and originating intelligence and will.
Ah, the classic faulty analogy. This analogy improperly classifies the relationship of a watch and watchmaker to the world as it is and some supernatural divine allpowerful creator. We know of the watchmaker because we have empirical evidence of his or her existance. Likewise, we can see the watchmaker make watches. There is no such evidence for a supernatural creator, nor is there any evidence of things being created. The analogy is improper.
Also, here you mistake order for design. It is likely that there is a sense of order in nature, but this does not neccessitate that there is a designer. On a beach, all the large deposits of sand are at the bottom, with smaller grains above that and the very smallest on top. That's a sense of order in nature, but is it designed? No. Just because things operate at certain principles and they are complex in nature does not mean they are designed.
And last there is even a challenge to the idea of order and design, as set forth by Hume. He notes that human beings impose order on a lot of things they see as part of their natural way of thinking. For example, take an inkblot: what's there? Well, a person might see all sorts of things, depending on the shape. But does that mean that the inkblot is anything more than an inkblot? Would anyone be fooled into thinking the inkblot was designed by an intelligent creator?
Simply put, this is no case. You have an improper analogy and an inherent dislike of evolution. This does not prove your case, sorry to say. And the fact that it's parroted by every major creationist and IDer in history means I was more than expecting it from you.
The Argument from Being: OntologicalMost Human has an idea of an infinite and perfect Being. From where did they get this idea? From finite and imperfect beings like us? Certainly not? No...this idea argues for the existence of an infinite and perfect Being: such a Being must exist and not a mere thought.
Ridiculous. This is the old Descartes argument, only mucked up and modernised. I have the idea of a unicorn that has feet of fire, a crown of cold, a tongue of silver and a horn made of mithril. Does that now mean that unicorn exists? No. Pure belief and imagination do not neccessitate being, or this world would be overrun with fantasy creatures.
The Moral Argument: AnthropologicalMan has an intellectual and a moral nature, therefore there must be a Creator who is intellectual and moral Being, a judge, a Lawgiver.Man has an emotional nature. Only a Being of goodness,power,love,wisdom and holinesscould satisfy such a nature.These things denotes an existence of a personal God.
It is an unsupported and incorrect assumption that because human beings are capable of goodness, they must have acquired this goodness from God, therefore he exists. More mythos. Also, the very idea of morality could be argued to be a tool of society; where morality was borne out of a need for it in large groups of people trying to survive together. Because if there were only one human being, morality would cease to exist. Does this mean God disappears too?
Conscience of Man says: "do this" and "Don't do that".These things cun be self imposed.They imply of a moral Governer to whom we are responsible.Some things are right...some are wrong. They cannot be right because it pleases and wrong because it displeases.Where did mankind got the standard of right and wrong? Morality is Obligatory, not Optional. Who made it Obligatory? We must believe there is a God or believe the very root of our nature is a lie.
No, this is wrong, wrong, wrong... Morality is not obligatory. In fact, the existance of children who do not inherently know morality, sociopaths, and the fact that animals do not adhere to morality supports this. And since these instances do exist, I suppose I could conclude hastily and mythologically as you do that God isn't there for everyone.
I think you fail to understand the basic and yet drastic difference between Mythos and Logos. Mythos is as the name implies, finding extravagant, spectacular, and supernatural explanations for everyday natural things. The Norsemen believed that earthquakes were caused by a snake dripping venom into the face of Loki, the Egyptians believed that their leader was of the gods himself, the Greeks thought that earth and the cosmos were personalities who bore children that were the titans and gods... etc. In all these cases, none of the claims are truly falsifiable; or if they are proven to be wrong, it is by science and Logos. Another example of Mythos is that God created the world in six days and then needed to rest.
Logos is based on reason and rational thought. It was philosophy that started the seeking of scientific method. Logos looks for natural, ordinary and observable meanings for natural, ordinary and everyday events (Or even out of the ordinary ones). Examples of logos include finding out that the planets revolve around the sun, that the tides are caused by the gravity of the moon, physics, biology, plate tectonics, medical science, the computer you're using... everything that's applicable and useable by humans follows logos somehow.
So I fail to see why you think Mythos is the more convincing argument, unless you just don't want to see otherwise.