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

by David Turell , Tuesday, May 05, 2015, 00:02 (3489 days ago) @ dhw


> 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'.
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> dhw: 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.-But none have the development of a consciousness such as in humans.