Hello, everyone! I did NOT post on Friday, because I was on break, and enjoying time with family...and well playing endless rounds of ping pong and Vince Guaraldi. Sorry if I forgot to mention this.
This final week of November (and first day of December), I will be explaining how we can detect design and purpose with our "intuition" that was discussed previously. These articles were extremely fun to write, and I hope you enjoy them as much as I did!
Let's look at two pieces of paper:
Now. Before I continue, try thinking of all the differences between these two pieces of paper. Yes, I know I'm asking a pretty simple question...but truly, what makes the first paper any different than the second? I mean...considering all of the similarities (they're both paper, both are folded, both are shapes, etc.), what makes these two papers drastically different (if they even are)?
Here are a few obvious differences:
1. Appearance: one takes no distinct, recognizable shape (other than "crumpled").
2. Design: one takes no design in mind...simply a matter of random folds created by crushing.
3. How it was created: one obviously took a few seconds, while another was carefully, purposefully constructed.
In essence, we could say that the first picture is "stupid" and the second, "clever." But why? Why? They look a little different. So what?
Well, God made humans in His image. This means that we have
1. Moral sense. (ethics)
2. A spiritual, non-physical side of us. (physical vs. spiritual)
3. A recognition of purpose.
We are creators. Humans are makers. Humans have invented, built, and drawn up amazingly creative tools, plans, and more. We are builders. This is built into us, (God created everything...including us) and so when we see something that was purposefully designed and crafted, we recognize that something did it and that it wasn't a result of something stupid, or random, or unguided.
When we look upon the crumpled up piece of paper, we see...a crumpled piece of paper. We see something purely physical in a completely "stupid" form.
When we look upon the paper bird, we see something completely different. Our creative side takes us for a ride and we immediately, unconsciously determine that it was created.
Creations are created. Hence...the verb "to create."
Just in case you're curious, here are the instruction pamphlets to each of the pictures:
= smoosh paper in hands, or underfoot for 5 seconds.
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Again, I'd like to point out that if you didn't have an end goal in sight (the shape of a bird), and didn't do precise steps in a precise order, you would maybe get a crumpled piece of paper. One more note: even if you had all the correct steps, but they were randomly jumbled, you still wouldn't get a bird. You'd get a folded piece of paper of unrecognizable form.
I hope you enjoyed this article, and I would definitely never forget to give credit to Douglas Axe for the analogy. I tried coming up with a better one, but his was so simple, I decided to share it with you. (I also love paper art).
Aaaaand as always, thanks for reading and I'll see you...next time 😉 .
~Caleb
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