5 KEY POINTS
from the article:
from the article:
Concerning living organisms, our examination often leads to teleological inferences, suggesting the existence of purpose-driven phenomena. We argue that the flora and fauna in our biosphere do not merely “appear” to be the product of directed intention but that the design hypothesis makes the most sense when honestly examining the ends and purposes of these features.
In recent years, the explanatory adequacy of the neo-Darwinian mechanisms of random mutation and natural selection, regarding observed biological complexity, has been sharply challenged. Advances in microbiology have disclosed the breathtaking complexity of the micromachinery of a single cell, not to mention higher-level organisms.
P1: Ideas and intentions are generated by minds. P2: Natural processes are not minds and cannot generate ideas nor have intentions. P3: A purpose is an intention with a goal or objective to be attained. P4: Many features in organisms fulfill complex purposes. P5: The scent of the Carrion Flower is one such feature; it bears the attributes of mindful intention. This flower has no brain nor does it have a nose. Yet, its scent manages to deceive creatures that have both of these things. C1: The purposeful scent of the Carrion Flower is the result of mindful intention, not blind processes. C2: Where we see mindful intention, we discover epistemic warrant for the design inference as well as a Designer.
Consider how beautifully formed all of the human body’s organs are and how they work together to serve the whole of our physical being. Does it not defy common sense to infer that molecules somehow organized themselves to become living, conscious, thinking persons?
Finally, the argument parallels scriptural statements about creation. For example, in Romans 1:19 - 20, we read: “19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. 20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse.” This point is especially important as it takes us beyond the argument itself and speaks of the God of all creation.
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