Does evolution have a purpose? (Evolution)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Sunday, October 19, 2014, 19:51 (3686 days ago) @ David Turell

David: Tony, I assume you also accept theistic evolution. The two Jewish authors' books on the subject of science and the Bible are interesting and confirmatory reading. Primarily I've followed Gerald Schroeder's four books. He is PhD in particle physics and Hebrew scholar. But I am aware of Daniel Friedmann's best-seller, The Genesis One Code, of which I have read an extensive review. Both are Orthodox.
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> In your opinion, is evolution an illusion or was it used as a process by God?-Both and Neither. I think Jehovah used micro-evolution, all the changes that we do see, but I do not think that he used macro-evolution(Allowed for small variation and adaptation, but no speciation). I also don't think that he intentionally created the illusion of macro-evolution, but rather that the appearance of it is the natural result of the step-wise creative process that he went through to create the universe and the earth. Instead of the illusion of evolution, I prefer to consider it as the assumption of evolution; a self-delusion fueled by an desire to defame/eliminate the knowledge of God and bypass the influence that religion has/had on the political sphere. -And no, I am not saying that people are thinking to themselves "I'm going to go defame God and destroy religion today." I think it is more subtle than that, and it comes on sideways. We want to be able to explain everything without God. We want to be the head honchos of our own fate. We don't want to be answerable for the shitty things we do in this life. We want to be able to relax, enjoy the 'good life', get what you can while you can, etc etc etc. It is hard to think like that when you are confronted with God. So, 'kill God'. Wipe him out from the public consciousness so that they don't think about him, don't worry about him, and often times not even believe in him. -People are a funny bunch, though, in that their hind brain demands answers to questions that have always been the purview of God. I.E. How did we get here? What is our purpose? etc. If science can't answer these, then there has to be a God. So, Science needed a good cover story. Something they could get away with not proving while still claiming to be true because they can claim that one day they will have all the answers. Ta Da, evolution. The resultant bastard offspring of several modes of thought colluding to create something for the masses to have faith in that doesn't require God.

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What is the purpose of living? How about, 'to reduce needless suffering. It seems to me to be a worthy purpose.