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pleas help me with this question Explain how the appearance of design on the world may lead to, or support belief in god

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I had to think hard on this possibly because it has so many answers, but I have to take action rather than ignor it. The most common answer given by the church is that something complex can not simply come about on its own without a designer putting thought and planning into how and why that complex thing is to be. And if you believe that complex things can not happen naturally, then you might be inclined to believe it had to be purposeful by someone with a plan. That is about as general as I can get on the subject without getting into science and complex explainations, which the believers seem to want nothing of.

On a personal note I don't think that the appearance of design has anything to do with god. Does this "design" in nature have to "need" a designer? Well, if it did, why not let nature be the designer and creator? If we should worship anything it should be nature and the heaven it provides for us here and now on Earth and in the Universe.

And if your refering to the design of everything, ie. where it ALL came from.. No one really knows, yet. We will know someday and until then I more trust those who say "I don't know." then those who are sure it was something that no one has nor can see.

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Raised Southern Baptist, Atheist since 2007, Theology, Cosmology, and Abiogenesis hobbiest. Rational philosopher and logical deep thinker.

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Raised Southern Baptist (Oklahoma), three times weekly including bible study. At age 39 I thought I wanted to be a better Christian and make God a priority and center of my life; until I actually got serious with the study and realized that all this God business was actually just a business. Then I picked up all the other religions for comparison and studied theology as a whole in order to understand religion as a whole. Since then I have thrown out my respect for religious organizations and the dishonest people who run them. I am not militant against religion and feel that personal and private spritiuality is a human right. I'm 100% sure there is no master of the Universe concerned with our daily existance but hold reserve about where everything came from; I don't know but at least science doesn't invoke far fetched unbased fantasy. I'm also 100% sure that beyond death there is no consciousness, spiritual or ghostly existance and I bravely accept that my demise will be real.

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Atlanta Freethought Society Northeast Georgia Atheist

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Associates of Applied Science, Tulsa Comminuty College

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