Evolution (Introduction)

by David Turell , Sunday, July 26, 2009, 21:27 (5597 days ago) @ George Jelliss

I do not believe that anything can "fashion itself", in the sense of bringing itself into existence..... The earliest replicants could be said to have come into being spontaneously (in the sense of "naturally") when all the necessary conditions and components were in place for the reactions to happen.
 
> Whether the theory of evolution is compatible with "theism" or not depends on the type of "theos" that you espouse. - I agree with these statements. We have no idea how life started, but a chance arrangement of conditions and components, against enormous odds, cannot be denied. And I think my brand of panentheism is compatable with evolution. What monotheistic religions have developed is an anthropomorphic 'theos'. Folks like Francis Collins invent their brand of process theism (process evolution) in an attempt to bring science and a fundamental religion together, and in my mind it is a failure.