the mysteries of nature

Here is an interesting physics article on mass.

A comment towards the end intrigued me. The author says "Hence, the family problem has two parts: Why are there three families when it seems only one is needed to describe the world we see? Why do the families differ in mass and have the masses they do?"

It is no secret that most people in the sciences probably do not believe in a Creator God, they hold to evolution as the Origin of Species.

So, I never quite understand why such people look at Nature and ask "Why?". I mean, if everything came from random beginnings, if things just "happened", why would there be an answer to "why" questions? Why the assumption that there is a reason to things? Why would there be any coherent design reasons to the way things are?

If they are going to throw out the possibility of a Designer right from the get-go, why do they then seem to start with the assumption there are design elements to be found?

Sometimes in biology these raises questions that confuse me as well. For instance, an evolutionist would look at a giraffe and say, oh, the giraffe evolved a long neck to help it reach food higher up in trees. Well, then I ask if giraffes just happened, why doesn't every animal on the African plain have a long neck, if it is such an advantage for getting food?

It always seems to me that looking at something (like a Universe) that appears to have been designed, and saying it wasn't designed, is like looking at a cake and saying nobody gathered the eggs and flour and butter and milk, mixed it in the right proportions, and baked it at the right temperature to produce something tasty and edible (a design goal).

Design goals are obvious in things we know are designed, like cars, buildings, computers, etc... For instance, someone starts out with a desire to build a car, so they start formulating design goals, where form follows function. The car will be operated by a human, so the design for the interior must fit the shape of a person sitting down, the steering wheel and controls must be within reach of a sitting person, etc... The car needs an engine to move, so an engine must be designed, etc...

Those who deny a Creator then, look at, say, the human body, and do not see intelligent design. Or, they see design by random acts of nature. The workings of the skeletal system, the nervous system, the digestive system, the biochemical processes in the body, the senses, the brain, and on and on. Do these not look like systems designed to fulfill a function, a design goal?

Update: I noticed there were some similar thoughts here. (Note: This was posted by Abednego, on the Parableman blog.)