I think existence is designed, but i think it might be self designed.
St. Thomas Aquainas said everything was knowledge; therefore, God was the knower; is this just a new spin on an old idea?
2007-02-05 09:34:18 · 10 answers · asked by Howard K 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm liking your answers; however, your examples of cars and houses are synthetic systems so its not a convincing arguement. Snow flakes make sense though; but isn't the existence of a snowflake directed in some way?
2007-02-05 12:17:12 · update #1
No. Snowflakes "design" themselves into an infinity of beautiful, near perfectly symmetrical, patterns based on the random freezing of water and can differ according to how cold the temperature is. There is no "snow designer". The whole "does a car build itself?" analogy is pointless.
2007-02-05 09:38:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Well lets take that snowflake and examine that. In order for a pattern, there must be certain elements that come together in order for the patterned snowflake to come into existence. And what is the engineering that took place for the elements to work together? And where did the knowledge for that engineering come from? And where did that knowledge to know that engineering was needed to design the elements to form a pattern? Every design has to start with a vision. Some Source of Intelligence is needed to visualize that design.
2007-02-05 17:49:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one can really prove whether the universe was designed or whether it came about through natural selection & chance, though I believe in the latter.
If it was designed, so much has changed since then few of the original designs exist anymore... so if it was designed, why didn't the designer (if He is so all-knowing and wise) create a perfect universe instead of one that needed to evolve to be better?
2007-02-05 17:44:52 · answer #3 · answered by God Fears Me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a programmer. I design information systems. They DO not just come into existance. You have to have a toolset, and environment to create the finished product, and then you have to use logic to put everything together into something that fits the requirements that you have. Without those basic elements, it is impossible for something to be designed.
2007-02-05 17:44:33 · answer #4 · answered by dooltaz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does a building have a builder? Or did the building build itself?
Of course not!
Yes there is a designer! There is a Creator! And it is God.
Hebrews 3:4
(For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.)
2007-02-05 17:41:17 · answer #5 · answered by Mandolyn Monkey Munch 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Design does need a designer, nature does not.
2007-02-05 17:46:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Does a house have a designer, or does some one just haphazardly build it and hope that everything turns out okay?
2007-02-05 17:38:49 · answer #7 · answered by wannaknow 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The universe wasn't designed, neither do I think it's a conscious entity capable of self-design. It's a result of cosmic evolution.
2007-02-05 17:38:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
By definition, yes.
an accident, no. But a design... yes.
2007-02-05 17:42:39 · answer #9 · answered by bradley 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't prove that that is the case. It is at best a heuristic.
2007-02-05 17:41:20 · answer #10 · answered by rostov 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋