Humans, Dogs and oxytocin (Introduction)

by David Turell , Tuesday, September 22, 2015, 17:26 (3131 days ago) @ dhw


> dhw: All theories depend on details. When I have suggested that evolution is guided by individual intelligences that begin at cellular level and follow their own individual path of development, you have demanded details, including evidence of cellular intelligence.-I've told you cells are automatons. You have simply quoted some authors who, in my opinion have overstated the case for cellular intelligence, when on board intelligently designed mechanisms are just as likely to show the same results.-> dhw: Preprogramming and dabbling were your ideas not mine, as is your central theme of humans as the ultimate purpose. You've taken to using “guided” as a nice nebulous term which, understandably, you'd rather not define, but how else could your God “guide” evolution? -Of course they are my ideas, and since I have admitted I don't know how God guided evolution, but I think He did as reasoning to a best explanation, I must use the word 'guided'.-> dhw: If you cannot come up with any rational, believable, detailed explanation of how this guidance might work, is it not possible that your theory is wrong?-Preprogramming and dabbling are both reasonable alternatives, if one accepts a universal consciousness as I do. Can I give you confirmatory details about the UC. Of course not, remember 'faith' plays a role, something which is beyond your thought pattern.?-> dhw:The aim of this forum, ...is to provide insights into the nature of the universe we live in, in the hope that we might advance just a little in our joint quest for some kind of truth. After all your herculean efforts to explain the complexities of design as evidence for your theory, how would you respond to an atheist who said: “I simply believe chance guided evolution, without worrying about details”?-Lots of atheists do just that. And my evidence for design I view as convincing.