Return to David's theory of evolution PARTS 1 & 2 (Evolution)

by dhw, Friday, January 28, 2022, 13:32 (1028 days ago) @ David Turell

DAVID: You are questioning history and suggest God didn't know what He was doing in choosing this way. It is your human interpretation from the standpoint of what you would have done as God.

dhw: Why do you keep on and on dodging the bolded issue? History does not tell us that God even exists, or that humans were his one and only goal, or that he individually designed every life form, or that all the life forms that had no connection with humans were part of his one and only goal to design humans plus food. I too assume he would have known exactly what he was doing, and I do not believe he would have devoted himself to activities that were irrelevant to his one and only purpose. And so I ask you why he would have done so, and you reply that you have no idea, and I should ask God. Why can’t you leave it at that?

DAVID: Creating all of us through evolution is entirely relevant. We evolved from bacteria by God's choice is obvious. Your contorted complaint is not worth answering any more, since it comes from a humanized image of your God.

By “us” and “we”, you obviously mean humans, and so once more you leave out the whole basis of your illogical theory, which is that he also specially designed countless life forms that were not connected with “us”, even though “we” were apparently his one and only goal. This has nothing to do with the alternative, so-called “humanized” alternatives I offer. Your own theory makes no sense even to you – as bolded above.

The missing fossils argument
DAVID: When are cellular reactions shown to be other than automatic? Not in any study I read or report.

dhw: How many studies have you read in which all cellular actions have been shown to be manipulated by your God, or preprogrammed 3.8 billion years ago, for the sole purpose of producing humans and their food? You keep telling us, quite rightly, that we can only observe cellular actions from the outside, and so it is purely a matter of interpretation whether they demonstrate autonomous intelligence or automatic obedience. You put the odds at 50/50, and then settle for 100/0.

DAVID: I have the right to my 100% side, based on my analysis.

Of course you do. And your opponents have the same right. That is why we hold our discussions. And I ask you the same question you asked me: How many studies show that your God has given instructions for every cellular reaction ever observed?