Gargling at the Fountain of Wisdom with Silly Willy Craig

A couple of thoughts on the arguments from complexity and design. And for those of you sick of this topic, this is (most likely) my last video about Silly Willy.

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[DandAinTac]

None of Craig's arguments are original. I've watched a lot of clips of him, and he has yet to offer a single original thought. He is NOT a philosopher, or a scientist. He's just a mouthpiece with a decent vocabulary. However, using words like "teleological" does not make the arguments any more sound or fresh. Christians are apparently impressed with his brash arrogance, but it should not intimidate any rational free-thinking person.

[WildwoodClaire1]

@DandAinTac He is also fond of dropping the names of famous philosophers and citing scientific publications he has obviously never read but which he claim support his views.

[Zaunstar]

I hope Willy and/or his fans don't decide to DMCA you for the clips, Claire. They have certainly shown themselves capable. I wonder if the discovery of other Earth-sized planets will get them to reconsider when we acquire the technology to determine that they are in the so-called "Goldilocks zone" too. By the way, as a geologist, would that basically be the ultimate science fantasy, that you could dig around and study the rocks on another planet with life on it?

[WildwoodClaire1]

@Zaunstar The presence of life is a matter of indifference to me. Simply to study the geology of another planet would be fantastic!

[USERNAMEfieldempty]

Oh dear, Claire. You are clearly very unskilled and naive in philosophical theology. God is so incredibly complex that he designed and created Himself. Dur! I recommend you read one of WLC's finest, little known works, "Making It Up As I Go Along." published by Guessing Games Press.

[ecuasxaz]

You are just awesome sauce.

[tiaxanderson]

@Philosification No, it's more than just a thought experiment. They have very serious facts that support their valid conclusions.

Granted, they can't change the constants the universe, but if a like that exists it could look surprisingly similar to ours.

[Philosification]

@tiaxanderson Well yes, it's hypothesizing and that's my point. Willy Craig had referred to it as a "discovery" though; which is claiming that "fine tuning" is a real thing, which it is not. It's a thought experiment and nothing more. He may as well put a "-g" in the equations and claim that he "discovered" anti-gravity.

[akylae101]

Why you put Billy with Muppets? Billy too dumb and mean for Muppets. He no deserve it.

Seriously, between the contradictions and the hypocrisy, he's a joke coming and going.

Take care

[Justme8237]

C-hristian loser to truth

[Huttate1]

God is all powerful - of course he cannot destroy iron chariots - Judges 1:19.

So not all all powerful then!

[tiaxanderson]

@Philosification When scientists research about changing the constants of the universe, they're researching what the likely outcome would be.

This isn't about changing them, this is about what if it was not as we know it, but...

[hatemorethanyou999]

Great Vid Claire! Never heard "Summertime" gargled before!

[Philosification]

@tiaxanderson The idea of a finely tuned universe is was only conceptual from what I could tell, there was no actual way you can change them. Its posing a "what if", and as far as I have seen the only "non-theological" scientists taking this as a real possibility are some of the string theorists as it works with some of their stranger math. Noone arguing for "fine tuning" has ever posed even a theoretical way to change any of the constants. It's claiming "constants = not constant"