Intelligence (Origins)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 07:24 (4055 days ago) @ dhw

I know my biblical approach to understanding is certainly not the popular course. I am quite used to being mocked for it, called various names and having slurs made against my intelligence. (Not by anyone here, just in general) But, I cannot help but see that even a seemingly simple rock, with its 'book loads' of information, must be the product of design. In light of Dawkin ilk, how fitting:-2 Peter 3: Know this first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts, and saying, "Where is the promise of His coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues just as it was from the beginning of creation." For when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and by water, through which the world at that time was destroyed, being flooded with water. But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.-The rules governing the way the molecules bind together; the rules governing the lattices that are formed; the rules governing the geochemical processes that formed them; these things and so much more are too complex, too elegant, and too perfect to be the product of anything other than carefully orchestrated design. Let's forget the topic of life for the moment. The very rocks themselves scream out that they were designed. There are hundreds of different types, some of which even change over time. How beautifully and elegantly designed are the forces that allow such variation to come from so called 'simple' processes. -Do not dismiss the point of my argument by thinking that it only applies to games. Games, in essence, are a set of rules that govern activity in such a way that they are found 'enjoyable' to people. What are physics, biology, cosmology, geology, or any other science for that matter, but disciplines and lenses for studying the most elegant set of rules in existence? Rules that allow for people to 'enjoy' life in this universe. God is the greatest game designer ever, and this existence is the greatest game ever designed. -Random chance, whether through pure chance or through the inventive processes of living elements that have demonstrated no inventive capability, does not possess sufficient explanatory power because it only seeks to explain one minor element in a design that is so much grander in scale that it boggles the mind.

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What is the purpose of living? How about, 'to reduce needless suffering. It seems to me to be a worthy purpose.