Different in degree or kind: Sapiens begin brain use (Introduction)

by David Turell , Friday, October 28, 2016, 14:48 (2948 days ago) @ dhw

DAVID: Raup used 'luck' to make his point about accidental extinctions, by which happenstance most of them occurred that way. He never discussed God, but God managing environment is possible in the theistic world.

dhw:When I pointed out that the extinction of “less adequate” species did not explain why your God had preprogrammed them in the first place, you quoted Raup’s “bad luck” as the reason for their extinction. When I pointed out that bad luck does not sound like meticulous planning, you suggested God had “sized” Chicxulub, which = God’s meticulous planning and not bad luck. This is always the problem when you impose an illogical pattern on evolution: it just doesn’t fit, and so you are forced into illogicality, the upshot of which is that you say you can’t always follow God’s logic – whereas it is your own logic you can’t follow!

'Less adequate' is your term for extinct species. They were perfectly adequate until the environment changed. You seize on a term that is not correct and then follow the illogicality of that concept to the wrong end. And admit if God exists He could control the environment. You deny God so everything He might do is illogical to you. Remember faith involves belief.