What is design? Can we not find evidence of design on earth or in the universe?

Hi, Doubting Too. Nobody on this thread has agreed with this so far. People on this thread have shown you how the distance between the Sun and the Earth varies by thousands of kilometers with the seasons and other cycles, and how they can go upstairs to use the restroom without burning to death. This means they disagree with you.Most of us would likely say that colder worlds would produce life that is better suited to the cold; warmer worlds would produce life that is better suited to the heat; darker worlds would produce life that is better suited to the dark; etc.There is no "perfect distance" for life to appear because life must adapt to whatever conditions it is provided. No, this is not true.Look at the pictures on This Wiki page about the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland. It looks like somebody was sculpting the rocks into geometric shapes, doesn't it? Well, that's not what happened. It only looks like somebody carved it: in reality, it's a natural feature.So, if this feature looks designed to you, then you should probably admit that there is a difference between "looking designed" and "having been designed."

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Hi, Doubting Too. Yes and no. I agree that life as we know it would not have arisen if the earth were too close to the Sun, but I do not agree that another form of life couldn't have arisen if the earth were too close to the Sun for our kind of life to arise. How is this diverting the topic? Do you believe that the Giant's Causeway was designed? It certainly looks designed. This wasn't in response to ducks quacking and swimming and looking like ducks. It was in response to your using this analogy as if design works the same way.I have seen insects that look and move like sticks... but, obviously, they are not sticks. A loon looks, acts and swims like a duck, but is not a duck. Some actual ducks do not quack like other ducks, but they are still ducks.I have seen pictures of a rock formation that looks like it was carved into geometric shapes by skilled craftsmen, but it was actually formed by natural, non-intelligent processes. It looks like a duck, quacks like a duck and swims like a duck, but it's not a duck.Oh, wait: I'm diverting the thread again.

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Hi, Doubting Too You're really quibbling the analogy. The analogy is about the shapes of the water and the pothole, not about how it was made or filled. What you have done is the equivalent of arguing that, in the Parable of the Prodigal Son, a person who has repented after a lifetime of wickedness is represented by the fatted calf that the father killed.I'm beginning to think you're intentionally playing dumb in an effort to prolong the debate. I am arguing that a combination of factors--the right size of the pothole, AND the right conditions of the pothole, among others--is towards a GOAL, the puddle.Same argument.-----The conditions on the Norwegian coast are perfect for the formation of fjords: the right rock formations, the perfect distance from the ocean, the right latitude for glaciers to form... that must mean that the purpose of Norway is to produce fjords. In other words, Norway "is towards a GOAL": fjords.And, since all the continents in the northern hemisphere are in the perfect positions for Norway to be at the right latitude and have the right ocean currents for the perfect weather for fjord formation, the entire northern hemisphere was designed with the goal of making fjords on Norway's coast.

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