DILEMMAS: A Response to DHW (Evolution)

by David Turell , Friday, November 14, 2014, 18:08 (3660 days ago) @ dhw


> dhw: I still want to know why Tony's God had to kill off millions of species on Earth to prepare the way for life elsewhere in the universe, but with your scenario, it's the 3.7-billion-year programme or direct dabble for every single innovation, including the monarch butterfly's four-generation life cycle, that beggars my belief. Maybe we were planned for, but God didn't know how to do it, or he improvised as he went along and suddenly had a great idea: “Let me create something that thinks like me. I'll dabble with that group of monkeys over there.” This still leaves us with life as a possible end in itself, as per evolution, or do you think there is some deeper purpose?-Tony makes quite clear there must be balance at each level of development. That is so obvious to me, as the results of imbalance are seen today and provide evidence of why balance is absolutely necessary. There is no evidence of improvisation in the clear picture of step-wise development from single cell to us. The problem in my mind, which creates the dilemma is I'm not sure how far to accept religion's view of God's infinite powers and omniscience. It may be due to my anti-organized religion bias. He may well be that powerful. If I accept that thought it solves my problem, and I'm then like Tony. I'm not far away as it is.