So our true believer is looking for some underpinnings for her belief, and she turns to Marilyn Adamson's "Six Reasons to Believe in God". She didn't think Reason 1 helped her because its argument assumed that she believed in God anyway, and because it had a fatal logical flaw. But she is undeterred because she's a true believer. So she has turned to reason number 2.
2. The human brain's complexity shows a higher intelligence behind it.
The true believer, Rachel (I'll give her a name, now that she is up and running and exploring her belief), stops and thinks. Reason Number 1 was that the complexity of the Earth shows the work of a designer. Reason Number 2 is that the complexity of the brain shows a higher intelligence behind it.
Rachel asks - how is this different from Number 1? In Reason Number 1, Marilyn says "Many examples showing God's design could be given, possibly with no end." She's right that endless examples of complexity could be given, but Rachel is already skeptical as to whether complexity "points to" God. She's a little more skeptical now she has realized that Reason Number 2 is exactly the same as Reason Number 1.
She didn't like Reason Number 1, because complexity doesn't "point to" anything, least of all God. So she's likewise struggling with Reason Number 2.
But her belief is not shaken, because she's a true believer. But she's a bit worried that Reasons 1 & 2 are the best reasons that Marilyn has been able to come up with so far. It's not exactly providing the underpinning she was hoping for. Surely there is some better reason to believe that God exists than this? She hopes so. She reads on...
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