An Oxford Professor said that to say the universe happened by chance (with all its complexities) is like saying that a tornado went through a scrap yard and put together a boeing 747, and on every seat of the plane is a dictionary in a different language.
My question is, do you think this could happen? (since you believe the universe could happen by chance which is calculated as less probable)
2007-06-04 10:59:27 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sure.Why not?It isn't any less believable then the idea that some guy in the clouds made the whole universe in six days using his magic.
2007-06-04 11:05:55 · answer #1 · answered by Demopublican 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is true that there are some questions that we do not as yet have answers for, but that does not mean that we will never have an answer. It may be that we find scientific answers for the coincidences that gave us the opportunity to be here. It may be that in the end the only answer is that we were designed by a higher being. Whatever it ends up being we just have a different point of view at the minute. I only hope that if it is option 2 that all you 'god' people are happy with what you get, if not that will probably just be another argument and war.
2016-04-01 02:11:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you assuming evolution works by chance? That Professor is mistaken and so are you. Evolution happens in very small steps, that Boeing 747 would have to happen in an instant. This is a very bad analogy.
Read the Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins, he destroys that Boeing 747 analogy.
2007-06-04 11:13:04 · answer #3 · answered by Shawn B 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
An "Oxford Professor?" That's what you call a reference?
Actually I've heard this quoted before, and it is both a strawman (no person who believes in naturalistic causes of the universe has ever asserted that a tornado can assemble an airplane) and an oversimplification of naturalistic processes. It simply shows a lack of understanding on your part.
Appealing to authority for something you don't understand does not make you appear brighter. In fact, it makes you appear to suffer from poor critical thinking skills.
If you want to see the evidence for naturalistic causes for the universe, visit http://talkorigins.org .
2007-06-04 11:07:48 · answer #4 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
An Oxford professor also once said: "The sun obviously revolves around the earth."
The CEO of Digital Equipment Corporation previously said: "No one will ever have a computer in their home."
Another Oxford professor once said "One person can make a statement and be entirely wrong, but when it deals with religion and politics it is taken as the absolute truth."
Actually I lied, I said that last part.
2007-06-04 11:05:53 · answer #5 · answered by Scott B 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Enough with the dishonest strawman fallacies already. Biological systems increase complexity through natural selection processes, not through random chance. I believe nature is the result of mathematical laws, not random chance.
Do you believe your infinitely more complex god happened by random chance? Why not? Is your god more or less simple than a 747. If not why would you pretend atheists believe such a thing about the universe? Could it be you are simply dishonest? Why do you lie about what atheists believe. That is why people find creationists so dishonest. It is one thing to have a difference of opinion. You don't need to lie about what the other side believes.
2007-06-04 11:03:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 0⤋
"This analogy says nothing about the validity of evolution, or for that matter abiogenesis, because it fails to represent them in four crucial ways.
1. It operates purely according to random chance.
2. It is an example of single-step, rather than cumulative, selection.
3. It is a saltationary jump - an end product entirely unlike the beginning product.
4. It has a target specified ahead of time."
2007-06-04 11:06:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's nothing at all similar. A tornado happens at once, the creation of the universe happened over BILLIONS of years. Scientists also say, if you give a monkey a typewriter, eventually, that monkey will have written shakespear, by chance.
2007-06-04 11:03:13 · answer #8 · answered by SameTwo 2 · 6⤊ 0⤋
And of course you don't show the calculations - you just take somebody's word for it, just like you've done with your holy book that says the stars were created as missiles to throw at devils.
You'll need to get into specifics to make your very, very bad analogy.
2007-06-04 11:07:13 · answer #9 · answered by eldad9 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you believe a man and his family built a giant ark and fit a male and female of every species in the world on it? That would be billions of living things including insects and plants.
2007-06-04 11:04:39 · answer #10 · answered by trinitybombshella 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋