Contingent evolution: what pushes it? (Introduction)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Saturday, November 01, 2014, 20:25 (3675 days ago) @ David Turell

Tony: So, the atmosphere would actually have prevented the rise of life that was necessary in order to actively change the atmosphere to what it is today, and then it fantastimagically changed just-so by completely random chance just as life was ready and waiting to spring into existence. .... ... ... And people are critical of me for believing in God....
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> Remember there are lots of anaerobic single-celled organisms in early life. The lack of oxygen didn't stop life from appearing. But oxygen is needed for a more advanced type of energy system.-Poor choice of wording on my part "existence". Would "spring into greatly increased complexity that did not have the time to actually form according to evolutionary theory" appease both yourself and DHW?

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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.