We know where watches on earth come from. But we do not know where watches on Mars come from.
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Context:
Earlier in the quoted thread, Dave Hawkins said the following:
"It seems to me that you are in the same position as someone finds a watch on Mars, then proceeds to build a watch on Earth identical to the one on Mars. What would this person conclude about what it took to build this watch? Well ... if his brain cells were functioning and he didn't have his Darwin glasses on, he would say ... "Both require a designer."
*grins* They're a little bit pissed off with him over there...
Please explain how a human designed object that replicates something found in nature is evidence that the original natural object was designed too.
I say no more dealing with Dave's dishonest trolling until he addresses this crucial question. (Occam's Aftershave.)
Wristwatches?
Die Wacht am Rhein?
Ingersol?
Well, ok, it's like this: the watches on Mars actually... no, hold on, can you run that by me again?
I know what this is about:
Some priest 200 years ago wrote about something similar as Intellegent Design. His point was that if you see a watch on the ground you have to come to the conclusion that it has been DESIGNED because it's so complex that it couldn't have been created by an accident (if any of the parts are out of place it wouldn't work). Then he compares this to all life and desides that because animals are also complex they must also have a designer.
(Terry Pratchetts' "Science of discworld: Darwins Watch" explains this much better.)
@Rat of Steel
How about...
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Hi chaps
I'd just like to apologise for the lack of context, but I couldn't find a bit that adequately summarised it. But as others have pointed out, the context only slightly reduces its WTFness.
You guys ought to check out Hawkins' amazing demonstration of how to tell designed from natural objects:http://talkrational.org/showthread.php?t=5643
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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