causation (Introduction)

by David Turell , Thursday, June 12, 2014, 19:08 (3817 days ago) @ dhw

DAVID: Thanks for the advice but it doesn't answer the issue of humans appearing against all odds.
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> dhw:Removing the second set of shackles does. But instead of making your God decisively infallible, as you want him to be, it allows him to learn by experimentation and experience.-The problem is we do not know God personally. I don't presume to know if He is infallible or had to experiment. All I know is humans appeared against all odds. Pre-programmed or guided are both possible, and roughly equal. It really doesn't matter which it was. The intentionality ( teleology)is still present in the final result. Either way a God (intelligence/consciousness) is operative, which fits my belief.