LIB,MR BEARS said:
MT_Bear said:
LIB,MR BEARS said:
For camouflage, the Great potoo and the zebra
I believe all of these show evidence of design and, there are literally millions more.
I'm curious as to how you see this as showing evidence of design. It shows evidence that camouflage is highly adaptive, but that fact in and of itself says nothing of the origin (many times over) of camouflage. It can be just as simply explained by mutation + selection as it can by intentional design coming from a god, so why does this provide evidence for one and not the other, in your mind?
When I see great art, I know there was an artist. When I see great engineering, I know there was an engineer.
The stripes on a single zebra may help repell biting flies but, they actually bring attention to the zebra. The stripes on a heard of zebras cause confusion (dazzle) and therefore provide protection. This hypothesis completely works against the idea of a successful mutation.
That falls apart when held up to logic. What you mean is, when you see art you understand, you know there was an artist. When you see great engineering you understand, you know there was an engineer. Basically you are able to validate the assumptive knowledge of a designer when you have experience with the design.
This in and of itself just says you know what you know. It has nothing to do with a cosmic God. Even worse, you thinking that your knowledge validates God.... is exactly what atheists are always raging about. We used to know it was a religion of faith, not knowledge, but along the way, theology then doctrine happened, and after that it is sure hard to not start to let a little knowledge trickle into the religion. We should be in awe and wonder at all we don't understand, but instead we tell everyone how it is and who God is. Because when we see camouflage we know there was a camouflager?