Re: What are some of the main flaws in this argument
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, Either our universe arose spontaneously or it was created intentionally
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or it always existed
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,,,,, If it arose spontaneously, it has no purpose, for the purpose of an object is to fulfill the intent with which it was created
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linking purpose with intent of the creator is a significant error. consider if i am trying to make a simple calculator to add two numbers together, but i screw up the code and it multiplies them instead. i intended to make an adding machine, but is a machine that multiplies numbers together have the purpose of being an adding machine. this seems dubious at best.
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our universe has no purpose. Therefore life has no purpose; in fact, life can not possibly have any purpose.
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this smacks of assuming that characteristics at the macro-level will persist at the micro-level. quantum phenomena are evidence that this is at least sometimes incorrect.
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