As I said earlier, I will now try to destroy all my previous arguments in support of GOD to verify if they stand the test of scrutiny. Refer to the first post of this series where I had given reasons why while understanding the universe do we have to assume the existence of GOD. I will use that post as the basis for further arguments.
Causality: Causality is inherently a human concept. Is 'cause' really necessary for any occurrence? In other words, is every occurrence we observe an 'effect'? The answer is no. Probabilistic events are definitely not 'cause'd by anything. Now you may ask what is so special about them? To understand this take the example of an unbiased coin toss. It is certain that repeated toss of a coin yields roughly equal number of heads and tails. However, if in an experiment one observes 90 % heads and only 10 % tails (even this occurrence has a definite non-zero probability) then how valid is it to ask WHY? Such a question is invalid. Why should half of the mass of radioactive elements decay in its half-life? If 10 years is the half-life of such element X and we have 10 kg of X, then in 10 years time 5 kg will undergo decay. Strangely, out of the remaining 5 kg, only 2.5 kg will decay in the next 10 years. Well, again, WHY is not a valid question here. It simply means that one out of two atoms/molecules of such an element undergoes decay in time equal to half-life. Consequentially, causality is not a universal truth.
Orderliness: Although the universe appears neatly ordered to the casual viewer, it is not so. The deeper we probe, the less organized it proves itself to be. There are too many randomly moving astronomical objects such as asteroids, comets, quasars etc. and plenty of massive gaseous clouds (nothing can move as randomly as gas molecules). In the living world, apart from surety of life and death there are no common threads whatsoever. After quantum mechanical uncertainties and dualities, and their probabilistic interpretation of the microscopic world, things appear less orderly at the microscopic level too.
Impossibility: What is the possibility of any event? Well, the answer is not as easy as it may seem. Events seem more or less likely to occur. Some seem certain and yet others impossible. Lets not forget though, that our estimation of the likelihood of an occurrence very much depends upon how many times have we seen it before. e.g. A man in the medieval ages could never believe that most modern machines are true. And yet they have come into being. Clearly, something that was never observed would seem impossible. Note that it need not be impossible. My argument for GOD in previous posts was that an event as impossible as existence of universe must have been triggered by GOD. However, it is equally likely that it was not an unlikely event at all! A great way to express this is by quoting the Weak Anthropic Principle: "We see the universe the way it is because if it were different, we would not be here to observe it." i.e. the very fact that the universe exists means that the formation of it had a finite non-zero probability. Perhaps this probability was one (100%).I think I can safely say that at the moment our perception is leading us away from GOD.
I have played the Devil's Advocate through the 3 Cretor posts. It's not perfectly flawless logic that accompanies such analyses. However, I hope it has helped me throw some light on this highly debateble issue.
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