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Rhaedas@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• frank@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  A super fun counter argument I heard once is that if it’s intelligent design, surely it’s not for humans. The universe is BIG with lots of empty space, lots of massive elements to it. Surely it was designed for something much bigger than humans.

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• Eq0@literature.cafe ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I haven’t heard of since there was a clear explanation of how the eye evolved - since that one was a specific example they were referring to

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  • Taldan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Considering the human eye is basically backwards, I always found it funny people would try to use it as an example of an intelligent creator

    Like we seriously have all the working bits in the path of light, permanently blocking our vision in spots. We just hide it with some post-production brain magic, and I’m supposed to believe that’s evidence of an intelligent creator?

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    • Kepion@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      ‘We’ll fix it in post’ has been plaguing us longer than expected.

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    • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      While you’re right, it’s also funny to say that god was a software developer under deadline pressure

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    • ViatorOmnium@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      When the bible says “created in god’s image” it was originally talking about octopus, it just got mixed up in transcription at some point.

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    • Rhaedas@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Dawkins' book "Climbing Mount Improbable" is a great and easy read to introduce the idea of making something complex and seemingly designed for its purpose a much more probable thing to happen if broken into small changes over huge amounts of time. And it's like 30 years old, so probably outdated with more and better evidence now.

      There is an old Youtube video by cdk007 (that's still up!) that tackles a related fallacy, where finding a watch on the beach implies a watchmaker because nothing complex can evolve. He created a simulation using watch parts and evolutionary rules to show complexity does arise with the right conditions and enough time. Image

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• cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Graveyard of rhetoric.

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  • UnspecificGravity@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yep. Buried right next to “family values” and “states rights”.

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• Deceptichum@quokk.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  "Behold, the Atheists nightmare!"

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  • leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    But we made bananas (and most other fruits) the way they are!

    Fucking good for nothing gods, always taking credit for things we humans did all by ourselves…

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    • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNEzD5n6SAs

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• cravl@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Eh, maybe God just has a sense of humor. After all, platypus.

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• AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I don’t see that phrase anywhere?

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