Editing Argument from poor design (section)

==As an argument regarding God==
The argument from poor design is sometimes interpreted, by the argumenter or the listener, as an [[argument against the existence of God]], or against characteristics commonly attributed to a [[creator deity]], such as [[omnipotence]], [[omniscience]], or personality. In a weaker form, it is used as an argument for the incompetence of God. The existence of "poor design" (as well as the perceived prodigious "wastefulness" of the evolutionary process) would seem to imply a "poor" designer, or a "blind" designer, or no designer at all. In Gould's words, "If God had designed a beautiful machine to reflect his wisdom and power, surely he would not have used a collection of parts generally fashioned for other purposes. Orchids are not made by an ideal engineer; they are jury-rigged...."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stephenjaygould.org/library/gould_panda%27s-thumb.html |title=The Panda's Peculiar Thumb |work=NATURAL HISTORY |date=November 1978 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060928063454/http://www.stephenjaygould.org/library/gould_panda's-thumb.html |archive-date=2006-09-28 }}</ref>

The apparently suboptimal design of organisms has also been used by proponents of [[theistic evolution]] to argue in favour of a creator deity who uses [[natural selection]] as a mechanism of his creation.<ref>[[Francis Collins|Collins, Francis S.]] ''The Language of God'' (New York: Simon & Schuster), 2006. p 191. {{ISBN|978-1-4165-4274-2}}</ref> Arguers from poor design regard counter-arguments as a [[false dilemma]], imposing that either a creator deity designed life on earth well or flaws in design indicate the life is not designed. This allows proponents of [[intelligent design]] to [[Cherry picking (fallacy)|cherry pick]] which aspects of life constitute design, leading to the [[unfalsifiability]] of the theory. Christian proponents of both intelligent design and creationism may claim that good design indicates the creative intelligence of their God, while poor design indicates corruption of the world as a result of [[Alvin Plantinga's free will defense|free will]] that caused the [[fall of man]] (for example, in [[Book of Genesis|Genesis]] 3:16 [[Yahweh]] says to [[Eve]] "I will increase your trouble in pregnancy").<ref>{{cite web |url=https://answersingenesis.org/human-evolution/the-evolution-of-childbirth/ |title=The Evolution of Childbirth? |last=Mitchell |first=Dr. Elizabeth |date=15 November 2006 |website=Answers in Genesis |access-date=11 December 2020}}</ref>