Try again. You are hopelessly confusing an intellectual position with your own ridiculous generalized caricature of those that hold it. You are doing exactly what you accuse 'atheists' of doing!
Try again you say...?
Since Atheist is a belief... any logical or intellectual approach is very likely hopeless...but, I give one more shot....(a spin what you actually meant)
The indirect proof (not the impossible-empirical direct data) the atheist keep asking.....may lie linguistically in your own language...
Al-Qur'an, 087.001-002 (Al-Ala [The Most High, Glory to your Lord in The Highest])
087.001 Glorify the name of thy Guardian-Lord Most High,
087.002 Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;
Al-Qur'an, 007.054 (Al-Araf [The Heights])
Your Guardian-Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and is firmly established on the throne (of authority): He draweth the night as a veil over the day, each seeking the other in rapid succession: He created the sun, the moon, and the stars, (all) governed by laws under His command. Is it not His to create and to govern? Blessed be Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds!
There's your indirect proof!
For unbelievers who say: "??!"
Look at the keywords.....
We know the celestial bodies (Sun, moon, stars etc) governed by laws move in orderly fashion. In the case of our solar system the planets orbit in order or proper arrangement in agreement to Keppler's law (Keppler only discovered not created the law). And this has been known for hundred of years... any disagreed claim you have... it is not intellectually correct!
(since the rest of my arguments won't work but you can't refute this scientific fact)
You are an English man...meaning most of you come from English speaking countries: UK, Canada, U.S etc...Your English knowledge I am sure better than mine.
Notice the keyword "Order" which according to wordweb dictionary
Order -. A condition of regular or proper arrangement...
Order -. A command given by a superior that must be obeyed
It has more than two definitions but it's gonna be addressed later on...
Here comes the interesting parts, try to check the French, Spanish, Italian, German languages...the word "Order" on the other side of a coin always pops-up the word :"COMMAND"!
English/Spanish
Order - el orden
Command - el orden
English/French
Order - l'ordre
Command - l'ordre
English/Italian
Order - ordine
Command - comando
Note : if you reverse the process from Italian "comando" To English the word "Order" neatly appears.
English/German
Order - Reihenfolge
Command - Befehl
Note: again both words Reihenfolge and Befehl if you reverse the process to English the word "Order" also shows up.
Hence:
In any system that has characteristics of ORDER: cells in our body, government office, university, your mental activities etc must have the tight-knit word "COMMAND"!
...since to achieve proper arrangement (Order) it's impossible to absence from the word "command"...hence, both words are tightly connected or inseparable!
If you insist the word "Order" has nothing to do with the word "Command" then you need to rewrite at least five language dictionaries (English included).
if you argue sure because those languages has the same language root - Latin.... Well,
Here is Arabic which HAS NOTHING TO DO with the root-Latin!
English/Arabic
Order - نِظام
Command - نِظام
Also found in,
English/Malay-Indonesian
Order - Perintah
Command - Perintah
Now it becomes seven dictionaries you need to change...
If you say only seven languages out of thousands of human languages... it's your homework not mine to check them out.... I won't be surprise if this coin-words (Order, Command) will keep popping up in any human languages.
Now, The word "Command" according to the dictionary
- The power or authority to command
- An authoritative direction or instruction to do something
- A position of highest authority
In a way like double-helix DNA system, any ORDER intertwines with a COMMAND which inseparable with an AUTHORITATIVE command (the word authority appears on each definitions)
Last check on the word "Authority" on dictionary
- The power or right to give orders or make decisions
The connection among the word "ODER","COMMAND","AUTHORITY" have been established they are tightly-knit connected. Now....
Like stated In the earlier paragraph, the planets orbit in order or proper arrangement ...Who do you think behind the AUTHORITATIVE COMMAND that must be obeyed for the earth in ORDER to orbit the sun....? Your primer minister?
if you say the earth moves in order to obey natural law of gravity, Keppler etc....notice that any system even in the chaotic state (i.e.: fractal - chaos theory) has to follow "Order" (gravity, keppler etc) intertwines with the word "Command" then it must have an authoritative command...
One more time:
Who do you think give the AUTHORITATIVE COMMAND that must be obeyed for the moon in ORDER to orbit the earth....? president Bush?
Now you may try the other-definitions of the word "ORDER" found also in the dictionary:
-A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record
- Established customary state (especially of society)
"order ruled in the streets"; "law and order"
- A commercial*document used*to request someone to supply something in*return for payment and providing specifications and quantities
These definitions.. Are they applicable to be used for the movement of celestial body? For the earth to orbit the sun... does it need a commercial documents or a legal binding command on the court record? ...Definitely NOT!
nor the establish customary state law and order....so these other-definitions can be easily dismissed as irrelevant!
The other-definitions of the word "COMMAND" found also in the dictionary:
- a line of code written as part of a computer*program
- A military*unit or region under the control of a single officer
same here... the celestial body movements has nothing to do with C++ or java programming nor any four star general command...
Other dismissible definitions of Authority:
- An expert whose views are taken as definitive
- persons who exercise (administrative) control over others
- An administrative*unit of government
None has anything to do with the celestial body movements.
If you forgot the definition of the word "Authority" on dictionary
- The power or right to give orders or make decisions
By "authority" definition.... natural laws can NOT give orders or make decisions. Sure, human can give orders but not to give order to the celestial body movements (earth, moon etc) nor making decisions for them.
The remaining options we have:
- The Creator exists who has the Authority to give order or command that must be obeyed by celestial bodies since they move in proper arrangement (order)
- or you are claiming dictionaries are incorrect
- or the word ORDER has nothing to do with the word COMMAND and has nothing to do with the word AUTHORITY....that means you need to redefine seven dictionaries or more.
- or even more absurd: there is no order in celestial body movements.
Take an intellectual guess...(Hint: first option)
If one wants to argue (like the previous post):
Why not an invisible alien who sits on your shoulder who governs the celestial bodies?
The farthest galaxies we know of is about 164 Billion light years away...and they too move in orderly fashion....What kind of alien do you think has the capability to command all things in orderly fashion?
Do you think an alien who sits on your shoulder has the power covering galaxies
155,157,1200,000,000,000,000,000 Kilometer away from us?
If you say 'No' then it's not the alien...
If you say 'yes' then 'the intellectual opinion' you keep talking about for sure was absent...
Note: if you want to argue about the six days - the transliterated word Ayyamin also means period of time but you may argue with brother/sister who has more theological knowledge about this.