It seems to me that the only reason we can look at a man-made artefact and conclude that it is designed, is that we have natural, non-designed things to compare it to. If we dig up a clay object, and it is shaped in such a way that it can contain a liquid, and it has protruding loops which are convenient to hold on to, and it has been subjected to high temperatures, we can reasonably conclude that it is a man-made pot, because the chance of such a thing occurring naturally, without intelligent design, is pretty small. We are working on the assumption that the natural things we compare this pot to are non-designed, and that's how we can tell the difference.
Similarly if we find a lump of flint with a continuous chipped sharp edge all along one side, making it useful for cutting meat, whilst the other side is smooth and rounded, making it comfortable to hold in a human hand, we can reasonably conclude it was designed.
So, does this show that the natural world is non-designed?
2006-10-03
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