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

by David Turell , Friday, January 28, 2022, 21:31 (1028 days ago) @ dhw

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.

dhw: 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.

It makes perfect sense as God's choice of method. If it is illogical it makes Adler the fool, as He assumes God evolved us over time, making our unusual appearance a proof of God.

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.

dhw: 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?

The studies I review of molecular reactions all assume automaticity. Agnosticism never proves anything except doubt. God is a reasonable theory. Belief by many.