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How does balance & equilibrium of the world prove the existence of God?

The universe is a palace, but it is such a palace that in it is a city which is being constantly shaken by destruction and reconstruction. And in the city is a country which is being continuously agitated by war and emigration. And within the country is a world which is unceasingly revolving amid death and life. But such an astonishing balance, equilibrium and equilibration prevail in the palace, city, country and world that it self-evidently proves that the transformations, incomings and outgoings apparent in these innumerable beings are being measured and weighed every moment on the scales of a Single Being Who sees and supervises the whole universe. For if it had been otherwise, if causes had been free and unrestrained, which try to destroy the balance and overrun everything, through a single fish laying a thousand eggs and a single flower like a poppy producing twenty thousand seeds, and through the onslaught and violence of change and the elements flowing in floods, or if it had been referred to aimless, purposeless chance, anarchic blind forces, and unconscious dark Nature, the equilibrium of beings and balance of the universe would have been so utterly destroyed that within a year, indeed within a day, there would have been chaos. That is to say, the seas would have been filled with things in total disorder and confusion and would have become fetid; the atmosphere would have been poisoned with noxious gases; and as for the earth, it would have turned into a refuse-heap, slaughter-house, and swamp. The world would have suffocated. Thus, everything from the cells of an animate body, the red and white corpuscles in the blood, the transformations of minute particles, and the mutual proportion and relation of the body’s organs, to the incomings and outgoings of the seas, the income and expenditure of springs under the earth, the birth and death of animals and plants, the destruction of autumn and the reconstruction of spring, the duties and motion of the elements and the stars, and the alternations, struggles and clashes of death and life, light and darkness, and heat and cold, are ordered and weighed with so sensitive a balance, so fine a measure, that the human mind can nowhere see any waste or futility, just as human science and philosophy see everywhere and point out the most perfect order and beautiful symmetry. Indeed, human science and philosophy are a manifestation and interpreter of that order and symmetry. What's your idea? Micheal: Since causes are extremely commonplace and impotent and the effects attributed to them are most valuable and full of art, this dismisses causes. The aims and benefits of effects also discharge ignorant and lifeless causes, and hand them over to an All-Wise Maker. Also, the adornment and skill on the face of effects indicates a Wise Maker Who wants to make His power known to conscious beings and desires to make Himself loved.

Public Comments

1. It doesn't.
2. This is not a proof for any god. If you want to proof a god, you have tho sow that god. But don't claim, that the universe is "balanced" or "complex".
3. Simple answer... it doesn't.
4. it does not! The Universe is our higher being!
5. It just shows nature is very good at adapting. Nothing to do with a "God" figure at all!
6. It doesn't. It proves balance and equilibrium.
7. The data doesn't support the conclusion at which you have arrived.
8. Ah, consider writinig poems, that was beautiful. but two problems : 1) its not perfect firstly because you have no idea what an imperfect universe would look like to call this universe " perfect " therefor perfection is non-existent. 2) Its evidence of opposite polarities in Nature but how is it evidence for God ? unless you don't define God as a separate creator.
9. balance and equilibrium has and always been before humans invented god, i.e. matter - anti matter, stars and black holes, life and death for each thing there is the opposite this maintains the balance, not an omniscient god or creator. What is has always been, and will always be, maybe not in this form but in some form or another. if your bored look at some of the galaxies Hubble has recorded, what appears as a small pin of light in our sky at night is a galaxy much larger than we could imagine, all things we know and see have an exact opposite, not one that was created, but one that was necessary to maintain the balance. To maintain the balance on earth is a complex system begining with microbes, fungi, herbivores, carnivores all relying on the existence of each other, take one away and the balance has been altered. The only animal that is surplus to requirement is humans, the earth survived millions of years without us, and will continue millions of years once we are extinct. You say the human mind can nowhere see any waste or futility, the human mind always looks around for the answer it seeks to any question, but rarely looks within to to see the truth. Think about it, would the animals of earth die out because we weren't here? or would they continue to maintain the balance themselves, humans have altered the balance far greater than the earth itself ever could have. Sure some animals that zoo's have breeding programs for may become extinct, but we are the reason the balance was shifted in the first place. Strangely enough nature seems to be symmetrical even in the smallest of scales, obviously the human mind pre scientific advancements could only fathom that beautiful images like a snow flake, a butter fly wing or the geode could only have been manufactured by someone. thankfully our educated minds are now aware that these things are random events in nature beautiful none the less but random, and dependant on many aspects and coincidental occurrences. hope that makes sense i dont know lol im tired and shit so yea