If the teleological argument is correct in saying that God created humans like a machine, then you would expect humans to be perfect creations, but we are not. Humans are flawed in many ways including the fact that we have extra organs, and that our skeletons are not created properly for the way we walk. Humans are not machines in any way, and the fact that we are not perfect machines is explained by the theory of evolution. Therefore the theory of evolution is proof against the teleological argument and that God is the creator of the human race and the earth. I feel that this argument fails to prove the existence of God.
In this case there is the argument on if Data, the Android Robert, has a mind (or soul). Picard defends Data in that he is more than just an Android, that he has a mind and soul and that he should be considered as a human person, having the same rights. Picard takes the Dualism theory approach. He believes that Data has a mind (or soul). “Since the mind is seen as a completely nonphysical entity, the mind (or soul) cannot be generated through the biological process of reproduction” (Hasker p. 67).
Hence, it doesn’t exist. Following the above, everything God creates is therefore perfect, hence omnipotent, a quality coherent to the attributes of the god of theism. Again, Augustine attempts to take the blame off God by saying that evil is committed by humanity’s abuse of free will. Yet, God couldn’t have created humans without free will because the point of our existence would be lost, as free will differentiates humans and gives us individuality – it gives our life meaning and purpose. If we were not given free will, the lack of freedom and choice would render us similar to robots.
The film, Gattaca directed by Andrew Niccol, in a society where you can choose the characteristics of your child such as eye colour, degree of intelligence and the likelihood of obesity. These choices can be extremely important, for in the future any slight defect may brand your child as imperfect forever. Although throughout the film it can be shown that no matter how well the genes are chosen, nothing can overcome the human spirit. Within the film this is shown through Vincent who overcomes his “imperfect” genes to pursue his dreams of working within the space station Gattaca, not just as a cleaner and proving to his brother that he can still beat him without the “perfect” genes his brother possesses. Quotes * “A child conceived out of love has a greater chance of happiness, they don’t say that anymore.” – Vincent referring to genetically superior people are happier * “I am not Jerome Morrow.”- Vincent stating he has stolen an identity.
Ridley Scott states, “it is a film about whether you can have a meaningful relationship with your toaster”. This is a direct quote and metaphor about the replicants. This means that you cannot have a relationship with a replicant as they are robots and do not have the same qualities as humans. This is comparing the replicants to robots, and humans. Another quote about the prescribed text is by Rita Kempley, a Washington Post Staff Writer who said, "It is, in fact, an amazingly sophisticated, sumptuously visionary treatise on the consequences of attaining god-hood."
Justice of Creation Victor Frankenstein created a living, thinking, and intelligent creature, and with that comes certain responsibilities. Even though he should not have tried to “play God” and create someone that is the same, in all but physical appearance to other human beings. I’d like to discuss Victor creating the creature, the responsibilities that he should have accepted when he created him, and the consequences of the aforementioned decisions. First, Victor Frankenstein, or any other person on this earth at any time, has absolutely no right or power to create life. There is a relatively strong connection to God in this book and many people during this time period believed in God.
Is it the idea of being able to think for your self and having free will or does it mean being born with the ability to have emotions and therefore have a soul. Or is it simply being created or born with human DNA and a human body. In the book the Special Forces are used as protectors of the human race and are given jobs that any realborn soldier with morals wouldn’t want to do. They are considered to have no emotions and no soul. They are “born” or created into an adult body with no life experience and are therefore a child stuck in an adults world.
Craig is that which concerns the fine tuning of the universe itself and everything that would have had to happen simply by chance if there was no God. His argument basically states that since it does not seem possible that the universe and more specifically human life have appeared simply out of necessity or by chance, then it points to the belief that there is some intelligent being that is responsible for the creation of basically everything. The numbers that he presented to show how small of a chance there is that all the factors concerning human life’s existence came into line by chance, were all quite convincing. I have always had the idea that there is something responsible for why things are the way they are. This seems like the most convincing argument as to
His creation was a result of the cries to the Gods for bad leadership and power of King Gilgamesh. Enkidu was created to match the Kings beauty, strength, and other assets. One more sign of divinity from the epic of Gilgamesh is Gilgamesh his self in the epic we read that Gilgamesh does some superhuman things that a regular person couldn’t do and if they could have the gods would not created Enkidu. He originally possessed the most divine blood because he was two-thirds god, his body would not tire as quickly nor would it succumb to
The tinkerer unlike the engineer has no final goal to reach, but rather tweaks certain characteristics or parts to fit into the bigger picture. While the engineer has one fool-proof solution to any given problem the tinkerer comes up with many different ways to solve one problem this can be seen in the variety of the models of eyes in the many species on earth and how each evolved. Lastly the tinkerer does not create from nothing; he always builds on top of what already exists. This is true of evolution which gives new functions to already existing characteristics (Jacob). Examples of this “tinkering” can be seen in the Homo sapiens or humans.