1. But time & space had a starting point...
Some will mistakenly assume that science says nothing existed prior to the Big Bang and that time did not start until the Big Bang because that is when scientists say both time & space started. At face value this does sound like science is suggesting there must have been a creator at this point in history but instead of jumping to conclusions one should find out what scientists actually mean when they talk about the start of time & space.
Time is simply the measurement of movement and the increments of such measurement (e.g. minutes, hours, days) are based off of how long it takes for Earth to move around the sun. During the Big Bang is when everything in our universe was set into motion making the start of motion and thus the start of time in our universe. Space on the other hand is, in simplest terms, the area within a container. Prior to the Big Bang our entire universe was condensed into a tiny fireball but then that ball rapidly expanded creating space within it. When scientists talk about the start of time & space they are talking about the start of movement and the formation of space within our universe, not the start of all time & space. The Big Bang that created our universe is believed to be just one of many Big Bangs that each created separate universes containing time & space.
2. The cosmological odds
Some assume that the universe's formation had to have been guided by a conscious being since the probability of it being the way it is when factoring the other possible outcomes is [insert really high number here] to one. Consider this; the mathematical odds of dealing a hand of thirteen specified cards from a well-shuffled deck of fifty-two playing cards are about 635,000,000,000 to one. If a person calls out thirteen specific cards a head of time and then those specific cards are dealt one could claim that was likely too imporbable to happen naturally. However, if the cards are already dealt and made known before the person calls out the thirteen specific cards there is no reason to suggest that the selection of the cards were consciously selected during the dealing process. Point being, just because the current outcome was an outcome does not suggest some sort of intervening.
3. But life is so complex...
Yes, life is complex but that does not mean it had a conscious designer. A snow flake is complex and it does not require a conscious designer. Life is actually overly complex with far too many unnecessary parts assembled in such a frantic mess that causes a wide range of faulty design flaws from avoidable limitations to cancer causing agencies. The over complexity shows that life certainly was not designed by a conscious being with the ability to plan ahead or work efficiently.
4. But wasn't Earth perfectly designed for life?
Some think that Earth was made perfect for life because of various reasons including its distance from the sun and the tilt of its axis. However, simply being cable of harboring life is not the same as being perfect for life. The planet Earth is far from being perfect for life and throughout life's history of existence there has been a vicious battle against nature to survive as life has gone through many mass extinctions, some even bigger than the mass extinction that devastated the end of the Cretaceous period.
Also, just because life can exist on Earth does not nessesitate that it was designed for life. Your shower is an ideal setting for fungus to grow but it obviously was not designed for the inhabitance of fungus. Life was a side effect of the conditions of Earth, not the other way around. And although Earth is the only planet in our solar system known to naturally sustain human life it is by no means the only planet in our universe that is capable of doing so. There are over one hundred billion galaxies in the known universe, each of which could potentially contain hundreds or even billions of separate solar systems. In light of this relatively modern knowledge the number of potential earth-like planets such as "Gliese 581 C" which could harbor life is to say the least, dramatically and unbelievably high. The odds of known life forming on just one of those planets is suddenly less impressive.
5. But isn't DNA a language?
DNA has been nicknamed "The Language Of Life" because it is like a language. All languages and codes that us humans use have been invented by us humans so many creationists assume DNA must also have been created by a conscious being. This assumption fails because of two very simple reasons. Although DNA has many similarities to language and code it also has many differences and is not subject to the same limitations. We also know different ways of how DNA and it's predecessor RNA could have simply formed by natural means so saying DNA could not have formed without a conscious creator only proves a failure to keep up to date with the modern knowledge of DNA.
6. Something from nothing?
We currently know where everything came from as far back as the "Big Bang," but where did the ingredients of the Big Bang come from? Some mistakenly assume that since science does not know yet that science claims it all came from nothing. Science however has never claimed that anything has ever came from nothing. Only books like the Bible say that something came from nothing by claiming that a god created all of existence out of nothing. However, if we are going to take this "a god created everything" attempt of an explanation honestly we would need to ask where did that god come from? If one decides to say that is an unanswerable question or that a god always existed why not do as Carl Sagan suggests and save a step by concluding that the origin of the universe is an unanswerable question or that the universe always existed?
7. Feeble-minded design
If the universe was designed by a conscious being then that being had to have been extremely feeble-minded which goes against the concepts of all those who believe in a god. At a simple glance with limited knowledge on the subject the universe looks well organized and tidy but even a basic study of the universe will show a chaotic scrambled mess with no foresight in its planning. One clear example occurred within the fist second after the Big Bang, as matter was being formed out of energy so was anti-matter. When a particle of matter comes into contact with a particle of anti-matter they instantly annihilate each other. Thankfully the particles of matter had a slight advantage, for every one billion particles of anti-matter that was formed there were one billion and one particles of matter formed. The extra particles survived and without those surviving particles, the material universe would have ended before it was even one second old. Everything that we can see and touch is formed out of those surviving particles of matter. If a conscious being was to put any planning into the universe then why would he/she create anti-matter instead of just creating the matter needed? Click here for more examples of un-intelligent design.
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