tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021346565171482910.post6098687911124035985..comments2023-05-26T10:55:27.696-04:00Comments on Jc_Freak: WHY ONE SHOULD BELIEVE IN GODPart V: DesignJc_Freak:http://www.blogger.com/profile/14780031497091443526noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021346565171482910.post-91403524279364151562013-05-19T07:39:59.847-04:002013-05-19T07:39:59.847-04:00Joel,
Yes, it is a number of factors, but many of...Joel,<br /><br />Yes, it is a number of factors, but many of those factors have to be within balance with each other, and some of them are absolutely essential. So I think it does make a good case for design and a strong case for the uniqueness of life supporting conditions.<br /><br />As far as information theory with regards to DNA, I didn't mention it because it was already talked about in the transcendental post, but I absolutely agree with you there. Jc_Freak:https://www.blogger.com/profile/14780031497091443526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021346565171482910.post-12496216121001660752013-05-18T23:40:10.078-04:002013-05-18T23:40:10.078-04:00I agree generally with your post. I will add that ...I agree generally with your post. I will add that I don't think that many of the examples about our privileged planet hold up. I dispute that physical constants need to be in a narrow range. On the location of the earth I think the combination of factors is important, but not any one factor including the eccentricity of the obit, the distance from the sun, the tilt of the axis, etc.<br /><br />I find it interesting that the design of the universe is offered as strong evidence but the design of creatures dismissed. Possibly because the physicists make the first claim and are aware of design; and biologists make the latter and are less aware. But from a design perspective, DNA is much stronger evidence than the stars.<br /><br />Science proper is inductive as you say. But biology also relies on information theory which has not been fully categorised. It is analogous to literature. If literature can be shown (non-inductively) to be a product of a mind then so can the DNA instruction set.bethyadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08990677679970591625noreply@blogger.com