Jun’s Startup Life

The Argument from Design:

“If you found a clock on an island and examined the mechanism within it, you would probably think that this intricate mechanism was not the outcome of mere chance, that it had been designed. You would also think that this could not have just been created by chance in this desolate island. Someone must have put it here.

Now look at the universe; is it possible that such an intricate mechanism, from the orbits of planets round the sun to the cells in your fingernails could all have happened by chance? Surely, this enormously complex mechanism has been designed, and the being that designed it must be God.”

I will now attempt to destroy the Argument from Design

To use the example of a watch is a bad example for an argument. I say this because a watch is not “natural.” By natural, I mean things that occur on their own in nature without the interference of man. A man (or woman) must create the parts used in a watch, must assemble the watch, and must calibrate the timing perfectly. A human must be involved from the very beginning to the very end of the watch’s creation.

Therefore, because the example is using a watch, then it implies that the creation of man and life to what we see today was completely guided and manufactured every step of the way. This means that God played a role in absolutely everything that has ever happened in the existence of the universe - similar to how man plays a role in every single aspect of the creation of the watch.

This is where the fault in the argument lies. God does not need to be involved every step of the way in order to create the universe. If we accept the Big Bang theory or evolution, then the universe could have just been created on its own through time and chance.

I am not stating here that the Big Bang theory is correct or incorrect. You can argue with me that God was the one who created the Big Bang because where could the Big Bang have come from if it wasn’t for God. Again, this is not what I’m arguing. I’m arguing that the Argument from Design is not a valid argument in proving the existence of God because the universe could have been created by time, chance, and evolution. On the other hand, a watch could not have been created by time, chance, and evolution.

Think of it this way, if you found a car on a deserted island, then you would naturally imagine that man must have been there to create it and put it there. It is such an intricate machine that must run on gas that it could not have been created by chance. Now think about a car-shaped rock that you see on a deserted island. This rock could have been created by chance and time.

The core of my argument: a watch-shaped rockis more like the universe that an actual watch. What? How can I possibly say that? You can argue that the universe is a million times more complex that a little tiny watch. The point is that that watch has so many little intricate things like the dial, numbers on the face, and clasp for your wrist that it is impossible for it to have all fallen together and created itself. On the other hand, scientists are able to peer out into the universe, see the creation of galaxies, and explain how everything is created naturally. When they look up into the stars, they don’t see God pushing a planet into orbiting a star - gravity is the force that compels a large body of mass to move around it.

The Argument from Design is not valid. Please feel free and try to argue in favor of this failed argument.