Question

In the booklet about the above argument, you wrote about the claim that says that the formation of order is possible at the expense of disorder in other places (and I also heard this claim in a debate between an atheist and a theist), and unfortunately I wasn’t able to understand the answer you gave to it. The answer you wrote in the booklet is as follows: “Does this fact undermine the physico-theological argument? Definitely not. If the argument were based on the second law, it is possible that there is an alternative proposal here that makes the conclusion about God (the external cause) unnecessary. Processes within the system can cause the formation of life at the expense of disorder in its other parts. But when you look at this philosophically, it is still clear to any reasonable person that life does not just arise on its own. Not even at the expense of disorder in the environment. This philosophical intuition remains intact, and it is the real basis of the physico-theological argument.” I did not understand why the argument is not undermined, and what exactly that philosophical intuition you mentioned is. I would be very glad if you would answer my questions.