Comments on: The Evolving Watchmaker http://www.thetalentshow.org/2005/10/18/the-evolving-watchmaker/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:04:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Dr. Pants http://www.thetalentshow.org/2005/10/18/the-evolving-watchmaker/comment-page-1/#comment-8136 Dr. Pants Tue, 18 Oct 2005 22:21:35 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/wp/?p=2081#comment-8136 Personally, I love the "science of analogies" that ID always seems to trigger. Yes, your stylish MP3 player was designed. That does not mean your circulatory system was. If anything, I'd prefer the Douglas Adams school of deity logic. God is proven to exist, thus eliminating faith by replacing it with proof and God, who exists because of faith, suddenly ceased to exist. Personally, I love the “science of analogies” that ID always seems to trigger.

Yes, your stylish MP3 player was designed. That does not mean your circulatory system was.

If anything, I’d prefer the Douglas Adams school of deity logic. God is proven to exist, thus eliminating faith by replacing it with proof and God, who exists because of faith, suddenly ceased to exist.

]]> By: Bob Davis http://www.thetalentshow.org/2005/10/18/the-evolving-watchmaker/comment-page-1/#comment-8135 Bob Davis Tue, 18 Oct 2005 19:33:18 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/wp/?p=2081#comment-8135 If it must be the work of god, and the IPod is an Apple product and Steve Jobs controls all Apple product designs, then Steve Jobs is God. But this is not true. It is a logical fallacy. If Steve Jobs were God, then Microsoft, being led by Bill Gates (i.e. The Devil) would be a small company producing wristwatches out of Redmond. And we know that Microsoft is bigger than that (a bit). Therefore, Jobs is not God, and the IPod is not Intelligently Designed, and thus <b>we arrive at our proof of Evolution as the controlling force of progress in the world.</b> <i><a href="http://www.amodestexperiment.org/index.htm" rel="nofollow">a modest experiment</a></i> If it must be the work of god, and the IPod is an Apple product and Steve Jobs controls all Apple product designs, then Steve Jobs is God.

But this is not true. It is a logical fallacy. If Steve Jobs were God, then Microsoft, being led by Bill Gates (i.e. The Devil) would be a small company producing wristwatches out of Redmond. And we know that Microsoft is bigger than that (a bit). Therefore, Jobs is not God, and the IPod is not Intelligently Designed, and thus we arrive at our proof of Evolution as the controlling force of progress in the world.

a modest experiment

]]> By: The Fat Lady Sings http://www.thetalentshow.org/2005/10/18/the-evolving-watchmaker/comment-page-1/#comment-8134 The Fat Lady Sings Tue, 18 Oct 2005 18:36:06 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/wp/?p=2081#comment-8134 It used to be you could quiet these fanatics by saying, <i>'We really don't know how long one of God's days are.'</i> That would usually suffice - at least get them to scratch their heads and consider the possibility. Science then became part of God’s plan, you see and therefore not something to oppose. Unfortunately, with the advent of TV oracles such as Robertson and Dobson, those people who could have been led into at least some form of independent thought, now have someone else to do it for them. Why bother to read the Bible for yourself, when some puffed up prophet on the tube will wrap everything neatly and serve it up with a smile? So – we are now back to six days <b>literally</b> being six days – no other interpretation allowed. It used to be you could quiet these fanatics by saying, ‘We really don’t know how long one of God’s days are.’ That would usually suffice – at least get them to scratch their heads and consider the possibility. Science then became part of God’s plan, you see and therefore not something to oppose.

Unfortunately, with the advent of TV oracles such as Robertson and Dobson, those people who could have been led into at least some form of independent thought, now have someone else to do it for them. Why bother to read the Bible for yourself, when some puffed up prophet on the tube will wrap everything neatly and serve it up with a smile? So – we are now back to six days literally being six days – no other interpretation allowed.

]]> By: almostinfamous http://www.thetalentshow.org/2005/10/18/the-evolving-watchmaker/comment-page-1/#comment-8133 almostinfamous Tue, 18 Oct 2005 18:26:20 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/wp/?p=2081#comment-8133 <i> In their fossilized remains we can see how the iPod came into being, the ideal melding of what was then the most advanced hard drive and an elegant, almost “natural” interface — topped off by styling that was rather divine.</i> ipod porn + Idiotic Design ? give that man a prize. In their fossilized remains we can see how the iPod came into being, the ideal melding of what was then the most advanced hard drive and an elegant, almost “natural” interface — topped off by styling that was rather divine.

ipod porn + Idiotic Design ? give that man a prize.

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