Even if there was a Designer, does it matter?

You mentioned something that intervenes after the design. Design is a pretty specific task and is NOT maintenance. And yes, a supernatural designer would still be a designer. The question is whether or not the designer even matters. Granted, people may well place importance on the designer, people buy Gucci handbags and Bill Blass suits even though it is almost certain that neither individual designed the item.Even if you show other functions, for example that there is a particular judge or law giver or maintainer, how are any of those related to that individual being a designer?If you want to redefine the term Designer to also mean maintenance worker and judge and law giver, then we are no longer talking about the classic definitions of a designer.

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Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!

You've given examples of how some entities might have importance. The janitor matters because you might need him to change a lightbulb. The building owner matters because he could evict you. I don't think you've shown how the architect matters.

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People choosing the identity of the designer and then claiming it matters is what already happens.
The question asked by jar was to address this obsession with who the designer was (directed to IDists because of their focus on having a designer). If a being designed all life and then died, people would carry on regardless.
"But who designed the designer?" they would ask.
"You cannot disprove my god!" they would cry.
Very little would change.People are interested in their god because of the other things that their deity offers (e.g. eternal life).
No-one would worship a 'god' of design only.
And people happily worship gods that didn't design. Well, the OP is based on the question "Even if ID was true, is there any value to the concept of a Designer beyond a historical footnote or in the case of Product Liability suits?" and this thread is in the 'Intelligent Design' forum. Devil's advocaat?! Again you mention religion! Edited by Panda, : No reason given.

Ok, I see the point you are making and where our disagreement and my confusion lies. I am confusing other roles that the designer could play as opposed to his original work of design.In that case knowing the identity of the designer may only be important (other than historical footnotes or liability) if we wanted to commune with them. Whether or not this would be possible is beyond me. However I know some people would want to find answers for their questions regarding our universe and lives, straight from the horse's mouth. As opposed to the scientific investigation that we now use.ABE: On second thought, if a method was devised to commune with the designer that would be fullfilling a seperate role from designer to facilitator. So it has nothing to do with their original designing processes.Edited by rueh, : No reason given.

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