tacitus
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Joined: May 2005
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| Quote | | Perhaps, but if there is a God, that God is the source of all existence. One might suppose that God, being the source of all existence, is some guy who sat separately and did nothing, and that the evolution of life was no more likely to happen than not. Perhaps he was bemused or surprised. But essentially, this is nonsense. The existence of God, as different from just particles and chemicals, changes everything. One simply cannot speak of life or the universe being an accident. I mean, look, Ken Miller is Catholic. He believes, presumably, in a God who has interefered in this accidental place and even plans to judge people and send most of them to ####. How can a God who took no part in an accidentally evolving humanity judge them as deserving punishment or reward? The notion seems absurd. |
Actually, I agree with you there, but then I find religious concepts in general to be pretty much unbelievable--I am an unbeliever. I am willing to admit that I do not know why we are here (over and above blind chance and the unguided processes of evolution) but I find the concept of personal God as defined in the Bible (or any other religious text I've come across) to be deeply unsatisfying.
However, the important point is that it doesn't matter what you and I believe. Ken Miller and millions of other Christians quite happily reconcile their faith with evolution.
By the way, you haven't offended me. I was merely suggesting that there was little profit in continuing our discussion since we appear to be so diametrically opposed.
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