The Mind of God (The nature of a \'Creator\')

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Monday, October 11, 2010, 17:51 (5156 days ago) @ dhw

I would have to say that the question goes further back than evolution, but we can get to that later. I think the answer to what evolution reveals about the mind of God is that:-a) The UI is aware of what is needed for life more than we could possibly imagine.
b) The UI is patient 
c) The UI has personality, creativity, and an eye for beauty.-The reason I annotate these in particular is because if you look at the end result and try to understand what is necessary for life to work even in the time frame immediately after the Cambrian explosion, you realize that the microbes were absolutely necessary for preparing the earth for what was to come. -Everything, from the lowliest plant to the mightiest living creature is dependent upon the microbial ecosystem for survival. The plants that are believed to have formed prior to the Cambrian explosion would have required the nutrients nutrients deposited by microbes(sulfur, for one)in the soil. Higher life forms need the nutrients from plants to survive(herbivores by necessity would have been the first of the larger organisms as there were no other sources of meat at that point). -In order to contain the right balance of nutrients to support even microbial life, the earth would have had to go through a long period where the elements of the earth were repeatedly mixed until the concentration was right to support the microbes. In other words, even if the perfect chemical soup were available, without the proper earth/water/mineral concentrations those original microbes would have starved, which means no plants, which means no animals, etc..-The very process of micro-evolution is the best evidence of a UI's intrinsic sense of beauty. Everything about it is beautiful, from its deceptively simple mechanism, its efficiency, its variety, and its unquestionable ability to produce beauty no matter where you look. Even the most terrible events on Earth have a strange wondrous beauty to them. If you don't agree, watch a long video of a volcanic eruption with its arcing fiery ballistics and creeping magma flows, or a Hurricane hitting a beach with its high winds and waves. Gorgeous.