How do atheists explain all of the world's beauty ? Like all of the colorful creatures...birds, fish, etc...

and all of the flowers and all of their scents and what about food and all of its tastes and scents. That is some amazing stuff. Do you think it just showed up here ? Do you think a huge spark of the "Big Bang" theory created all of those things ? I think not...how can you not believe in a Creator of all ? I know some things are hard to understand and lots of things don't make sense, but come on...look around at the obvious. It's right in front of us, every day. And these things I've mentioned are just a few of the gazillion examples of God's wild imagination.

How do atheists explain all of the world's beauty ? Like all of the colorful creatures...birds, fish, etc...
Of course all of this marvelous complexity %26amp; beauty evolved from some primordial soup or slime! If you ask me, it takes more faith to believe that, then it does to believe that God created it all!





The guy below me who answered using a watch as an analogy misses the point. The complexity of the watch doesn't demand the conclusion that a God created it. But it does demand the conclusion that an intelligent person created it ... there wasn't just a big bang %26amp; it came to be! How much more true of our universe!
Reply:Let's say God did it. Who made God? Why aren't you applying the same logic? God must be more beautiful than this Universe if he made it.





So who's the intelligent designer that designed God? What's wrong? Did the cat bite your tongue?





Your assumption that God did it is bias. You refuse to apply that same logic to god's existence.





If you say God doesn't have to come from anywhere, why aren't you apply that same logic to the universe? You're outright bias
Reply:This has got to be the single dumbest question I have read on Y! Answers. I mean what? That what we define as beautiful could only have been a product of God. The statement that beauty is in the eye of the beholder seems to be highly applicable to this situation. Given a huge collection of things that we observe everyday for example, a street, a car, a bee, a cat, a bird it is up to the individual to discern which of these objects are beautiful. Just because we have a word to define what is beautiful does not mean that these things had to be created by God. What about all of the ugly things in the world, were these created by Satan. Of course not, Satan does not create things, he only destroys. Now, if this question had been asked, look at the complexity of the world I might have understood it, but to say look at the beauty in the world and think "wow it couldn't have been created by any other process" is simply preposterous. If you had something like isn't it amazing that two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom combine to form water, only a great mind could have thought of that, then maybe I would be inclined to accept your statement.
Reply:ok, i'm an atheist to the core and i firmly believe there is no God no heaven no hell no devil. And as such to answer this question i will off these thoughts. First of all who wants birds and flowers around that are not attractive to ones sight or sense of smell. you must admit that the need to feed would tell somone why kill the bird i like to look at when this other feathered creature is fat and ugly and much larger. why cultivate the flowers that make the opposite sex reel away in disgust? and i want you to realise that the plants and animals that are born or sprout with the color patterns that best hide it from other preditors are indeed the ones that survive. And in this preditory world survival is a very attractive situation. Also it has been proven that some animals out there in the world are color blind and some do have the ability to see light bands that are invisible to you and i, such ultraviolet light, and this will make the world take on a very different appearance to them.
Reply:They can't, so simple.
Reply:Do you know the theorie of the adaptation? The tectonic? Are you hallucinating?
Reply:It was all accident and we came from Monkeys... There is no creator just an illogical mix-up that couldn't possibly have anything to do with supernatural causes (Please note the Sarcasm)
Reply:Listen...





If you were born in Africa 15 years ago, or 450 years ago, or the Middle East 50 years ago, you would have a completely differnet view of the beauty of the world. You were born a white woman in 21st century America or Europe (i don't know which) so you see all this beauty.





It's a very naive view:


Even in the US, more than 50% of children died before age one until about 100 years ago!. I look at thousands of children permanently blinded by parasites they get from playing in creeks in underdeveloped countries. I don't see beauty, I see randomness and survival fo the fittest.
Reply:The beauty of the world is not proof of God's existence. The fact


is nobody can prove how the world or the universe came to be,


regardless of personal beliefs. People believe what they were


raised to believe,or what they choose to believe.
Reply:I'm Pagan, but, what do you think of the fact that humans can be cheaply made? See the sources.





- 16 yo Pagan
Reply:why are you worried about what atheist believe? you will never change their mind, only God can do that, and He will when He want to, right now it's too much fun listing to their babble.


Just grin and bear it. and enjoy the laugh about when they do find the truth. then they get to spin their wheels trying to convert their friends.
Reply:I believe that all of these things came about not at the Big Bang, but by a slow evolution of many millions of years. All of these colorful plant and animals have developed over time to adapt those species to their own specific place and their own specific way of life. I don't think any creator was needed. I know some things are hard to understand and lots of things don't make sense, but come on...look around at the obvious. It's right in front of us, every day. Nature is capable of flattening cities, and nature is capable of growing trees, so nature is certainly capable of creating beautiful birds and flowers. No god needed.
Reply:Beauty is not proof of god. Beauty is subjective.





Do you find a pile of dog sh*t beautiful?





Because you are unable to understand alot of things doesn't mean that an invisible sky-pixie must exist.
Reply:Why do you feel the need to explain the human response to finding our natural environment to be pleasing?





It would be odd if humans looked at the environment and thought it to be ugly or hostile.





I see no reason to invent an imaginary friend based solely on the color of flowers.
Reply:You said: " I think not..."





Therein lies the problem. Dealing with the facts requires thinking, not blind acceptance of fairy tales.
Reply:Stay away from churches. They all lie.
Reply:E=MC 2= GOD..Pure evolutionists always fail to see the logic of this!..It wasnt Einstein who came up with it..It was GOD!..I believe in intelligent design, The 6000 year old universe is totaly gone,no intelligent person accepts that anymore,but if anyone thinks it all happened by accident {as i once did} are closing their minds to reality, as creation absolutists do!..Closed minds leads to bigotry, which leads to ignorance and ends up being sheer mindless stupidity..Look!...GOD did it...its easy, you see!
Reply:Hey, I just answered a question on the existence of God...maybe u 2 should get together with u/r explanation
Reply:and what happens when science proves the big bang started the universe??? what about the fact we all have traces of the same material as stars??? this is scientific fact. the natural world is beutiful and should be protected because we live in it.








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Reply:Well, using your own logic. If beautiful, wonderful, complex things need creation, does that mean god ain't either beautiful, wonderful or complex? Since if he's any of these things he will need a creator, that is, using your own logic. Another solution is, he is not beautiful, nor wonderful and more simple than an amoeba, why to call that "god"? A second argument, what's the point of reference to claim what's beauty apart from our very limited universe called earth? Logic should be consistent through the arguments to reach a valid conclusion.





The use of a complex thing to explain the existence of complex things does not really answer anything. To "assume" such being as god needs no creation is to beg the question, since you are violating your own arguments, but assuming god doesn’t need a creation without being verified as true, a clear example of a fallacy known as “to beg the question”.





Now you say some things are hard to understand, I agree there. A lot of things are hard to understand, actually, our understanding of the universe is close to nothing when considering all the possibilities. The question is, when we can't understand something, why use "the unknown" to explain it? Why just not admit we don't know? Sometimes it seems god is used as synonymous of "ignorance" in the sense that, if I can't understand something, god is the answer. Why use this unverifiable and untestable being as the answer for the verifiable and testable?





The existence of the world and the universe only proves the existence of that, the world and the universe, no more than that. If you have a hard time wondering how it all came here, I don't see why come up with "deities" to explain it, just admit your ignorance like we atheist do. There are no empirical evidence of either god or the process of creation to accept any of your argument as valid.
Reply:I'm sorry, I just don't believe in God, and every time I see this, this, "look at the beauty of the world", no, it doesn't make me want to believe.
Reply:And how do you explain that, on avergage, 10,000 children a day die from starvation and relalated causes ? How must it be for a child to starve to death ? Your "all powerful god" must be sleeping...
Reply:Well, they've successfully "hijacked" science into accepting a "theory" that keeps changing as "evidence" disproves or fails to support the original theory.





Science will eventually shoot itself in the foot or scientists will eventually admit that it is not exclusive of God.
Reply:There is no logic in the idea that a beautiful, complex and diverse environment unequivocally leads to the conclusion that there is a God. I'm not saying that there is no God, just that this is a very weak argument. I believe in God.





What's "obvious" to you is not "obvious" to everyone. There is nothing obvious about the existence of God. I'm glad that you have faith, and you are lucky for it. Count your blessings and realize that part of the diversity includes a very diverse human race, with a variety of beliefs, lifestyles, ways of thinking, logic, philosophies, etc. And also that most people have put a lot of thought into these things and should be respected.
Reply:I honestly think people are atheist because they don't want to be held accountable for all of their wrong doings.
Reply:You have a pretty wild imagination yourself.








Hey, a wristwatch is a pretty complicated thing too. All those gears and wires, it's a thing of beauty to watch a timepiece operate. Amazing, isn't it?





I guess this thing on my wrist is simply too complex for me to understand how it works. So it must have been made by god and not the folks over at the Timex factory.
Reply:Oh, gosh, look! It's the "I think everything is pretty, therefore God" argument! If you would take the time to learn even a little bit about nature, you'd find quite a lot of ugliness, too. Let's list a few, shall we?





I once saw a photo in a book, of a lion chowing down on a gazelle, which was still alive and gasping in pain. Yeah, that's some amazing stuff, isn't it? Wow, I bet God had a front-row seat.





Where is the beauty in a baby born with one misshapen head, two deformed bodies attached to it, and part of its intestinal tract exposed? Must be one of those examples of God's wild imagination, huh?





Ah, volcanoes...spectacular examples of nature's raw and unstoppable power. They can wipe out hundreds of square miles of forest, destroying an entire ecosystem and millions of animals from insects to mammals. If the Old Testament is any indication, then I am sure that God takes pleasure in the burnt carcasses of animals, and that is why he made volcanoes.





Every year, tens of thousands of people die from earthquakes, landslides, and tidal waves, all of which are examples of nature doing business-as-usual. If God knew they would be so destructive to humanity, why did he create them? Couldn't he have made a planet that functioned without them?





Did you know that cold and influenza viruses have a neat little ability to evolve rapidly in response to changing conditions? This is why a cure for the common cold will not be forthcoming any time soon, and each new batch of 'flu vaccine is different. It is difficult to kill an enemy when it keeps putting on a new disguise...but I guess that's how God wanted it.





Here in Arizona, we're not getting enough rain. In other states, they're getting too much. Can't God create some kind of balance?





HURRICANE KATRINA. Remember that? Spectacular example of human frailty in the face of nature's onslaught. It will be years, if not decades, before New Orleans and its surrounding towns will be back to normal.





The extinction of the dinosaurs is currently believed to have been brought about by a massive meteorite slamming into the planet where the Yucatan Peninsula is located. This is one of a great many mass extinctions, and the others may also have been instigated by similar bombardments. The world is pockmarked with thousands of craters, showing that we are a very vulnerable world, indeed. Is this part of the beauty of nature, too?





P.S. Please, PLEASE read Stephen Hawking's, "A Brief History of Time". It explains the beginnings of the universe as we know it in simple, easy-to-understand language without a lot of mathematical equations and scientific jargon. You will learn what a theory is--it is NOT just an educated guess, as you Christians seem to think. If you wish to be educated, then start there.
Reply:It once was obvious that the world was flat. However that didn't make it so.
Reply:in the beggining there was nothing abd then it exploded, yeah right!
Reply:It's called nature,


I am at a place where I am processing both theories and I am person who believes it when she sees it.


Scientists of all different fields have shown me more proof (TANGIBLE proof) that we have evolved over time.


If there was tangible proof of God and Jesus instead of a book then I might be more inclined to look at this more clearly


But I have no other proof that the bible could be just a lot of stories written a long time ago that have been kept all this time so this means this ALL must be true.


so I am still leaning to the fact that flowers, birds etc is just nature and the Earth evolving.
Reply:Atheists and liberals have a lot in common. One thing being they can't explain anything. All they can do is attack the other side. Proving the big bang is impossible, isn't it? Sure its an interesting theory, but impossible to prove. Both creationism and darwinism (evolution) cannot be proven, so I dont see why they battle each other. Both are theoretical, and both have interesting points. I think creationism has more to go on though, just my opinion.

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