Evolution v Creationism: guided evolution? dhw? (Evolution)

by dhw, Monday, May 04, 2015, 18:29 (3273 days ago) @ David Turell

dhw; You wrote that there was "no evolutionary pressure/reason for us to be here", which you seem to think supports your theory that God created life for the purpose of producing humans. I am pointing out that there was also no evolutionary pressure for the whale, weaverbird or duck-billed platypus to be here, so you can hardly use the lack of evolutionary pressure as evidence that humans are God's purpose.-DAVID: My problem with your statement is omitting the very significant fact of the develop of human consciousness. Yes I can use that, because there is no demonstrable evolutionary pressure or need for it. It looks like a gift to me, and it is what Adler used to make his point about 'different in kind'.-Nevertheless, there was also no evolutionary pressure or need for the weird and wonderful whale, the weaverbird, and the spider, and so if “no evolutionary pressure or need” leads you to conclude that humans were God's purpose in creating life, it must also lead you to conclude that the whale, weaverbird and spider were his purpose too. (Not to mention my buddy the duck-billed platypus.) And lucky them to have God's gift of a blessed blowhole, a neat nest and that smooth soft silk.