The fine tuning of the universe is incredible. One example is the fine expansion rate of the universe. If it were to slow down, or speed up, by even the most minuscule amount, we would not have a universe that could support life.
Scientist Stephen C. Meyer put it this way when discussing the argument for a Creator: "It is not an argument from ignorance. We are not inferring design just because the naturalistic evolutionary theories all fail to explain information. We infer design because all of those theories fail and we know of another causal entity that is capable of producing information - namely, intelligence. Personally I find this to be a very strong argument indeed".
We see design all throughout our world through the things that we as humans have created. The concept of design being necessary for the establishment of anything complex is very real. So I believe what Meyer is saying in the quote above to be an extremely strong point. As well, it should also be noted that in this chapter of "Case for a Creator", atheist Richard Dawkins is quoted as admitting that DNA follows patterns much like that of a computer program. In other words it follows a pattern of something which was designed. One may argue back saying that computers were created by following a pattern that we found in nature, but this does not change the fact that design follows certain patterns and those patterns are ones which we see all throughout our universe. This is a fact which cannot be ignored and serves to enhance Meyer's point in the quote above.
No comments:
Post a Comment