Many Christian apologists argue that there must be a creator God who designed and made living things. As evidence, they might point to the structure of a cheetah. Cheetahs, in addition to sharp teeth and powerful jaws, come equipped with long legs, big lungs, and rudder-like tails that enable then to run at high rates of speed while quickly maneuvering to run down and overcome antelopes. Cheetahs must then be intelligently designed by a God who made them to survive as successful predators. Like all predators, cheetahs look to be designed to be killers.
The problem with this argument is that antelopes appear designed to escape hungry cheetahs. Antelopes can also run very fast and are very wary making them difficult prey even for cheetahs. Prey animals in general appear designed to escape or fight off would-be predators.
So what God would create and design one part of His world to resist and conflict with another part of His world? If we wish to stay with the intelligent-design argument, monotheism (belief in one God) doesn't fit these facts well. I propose dualism (belief in two opposing Gods) as a better explanation for predator-prey relations. There is one God who creates predators and a second God who creates prey species.
Questions or comments are welcome.
The problem with this argument is that antelopes appear designed to escape hungry cheetahs. Antelopes can also run very fast and are very wary making them difficult prey even for cheetahs. Prey animals in general appear designed to escape or fight off would-be predators.
So what God would create and design one part of His world to resist and conflict with another part of His world? If we wish to stay with the intelligent-design argument, monotheism (belief in one God) doesn't fit these facts well. I propose dualism (belief in two opposing Gods) as a better explanation for predator-prey relations. There is one God who creates predators and a second God who creates prey species.
Questions or comments are welcome.