Species consciousness and instinct. (Introduction)

by David Turell , Sunday, October 27, 2013, 18:48 (4045 days ago) @ dhw


> dhw: So do you believe God specifically preprogrammed each different form of eye, or did he give each cell community (organism) the ability to respond with its own (unique) answers? As you'll have gathered, I'm having great difficulty following your line of thought, and so it would be very helpful if you would just explain what innovations and variations you think your God preprogrammed into the very first living things, what kind of choices were left to the individual cell communities (organisms), and how they could choose and yet have no intelligence of their own to allow them to make a choice. A concrete example would be very useful.-You should have gathered by now that the use of word automaton implies just that. I'm working theorectically, not precisely, which you keep demanding. I think God gives organisms a little leeway in choice based on stimulus type and intensity. To me, evolution looks somewhat like a little trail and error happens, but is mainly directed toward humans. We are obviously not an accident of contingency. I'm simply adapting my suppositions to what I conclude. You seem to want exactitide. Not possible. I know evolution made six types of eyes. Obviously varying attempts. Simply intelligent information: intense stimulus, try a,b,or c; mild stimulus. try d,e, or f. thus some variation and natural selection sorts it out. A little Darwin and lots of God. Theistic evolution is thus quite clear to me