Have You Ever Seen a Painting Which Had No Painter?
This particular argument from Intelligent Design activists (re-packaged creationists) really chaps my hide. It's actually the use of a simple Logical Fallacy called "Argument from Personal Incredulity". The common examples creationists use are:
Okay, so here are some questions I'd ask a creationist if they were to try these arguments on me.
- They hold up an image of daVinci's Mona Lisa, and say-- there must be a painter
- They hold up an image of Mount Rushmore, and say -- there must be a sculptor
Okay, so here are some questions I'd ask a creationist if they were to try these arguments on me.
- Okay, if you can't have a painting without a painter, wouldn't you agree that a painter can't make a painting without paints -- or brushes? Show me the evidence of God's workshop. Show me the tools and materials that God used to create all of this life. Show me God's "paintbrushes".
- So, anything that's sufficiently complex, like "man" for example, is too complex to arise from random chance. So man has a creator. Surely there's no creation more complex or amazing than God, right? So tell me, who's God's creator?
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