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

by dhw, Friday, June 03, 2022, 09:03 (700 days ago) @ dhw

dhw: I am not challenging the theory that we evolved from bacteria! I am challenging your illogical theory that your God’s only purpose was us and our food, and therefore he designed countless life forms and foods that had no connection with us.

DAVID: The obviuws connnection is the process of evoution, which God chose to use. He didn't tell any of us why. Remember, I view God in charge of all creation, including from bacteria to us. [...]

If God exists, then of course he chose to “use” the process of evolution! How does that come to mean that his one and only purpose was to design us and our foods, and so he he deliberately designed countless life forms and foods that had no connection with us? He could have chosen to use the process of evolution because he enjoyed creating different life forms, or he enjoyed watching all the different products of his original invention (the living cell), or because he had an idea (to create a being able to worship him) and tried all kinds of experiments, or he kept getting new ideas….Who knows?

dhw: You accept your own theory that his sole “desire” was to design us and our food and therefore he designed all the species and foods that had no connection with us; and you accept your own theory that he was perfectly capable of designing species with no precursors and yet decided to design in stages the only species he wanted to create (plus its food). And it makes perfect sense to you that only your God can make sense of your illogical theories.

DAVID: If you could only come to the realization my explantions make perfect sense to many folks who believe as in ID.

But you keep admitting that you CAN’T explain your theories. Only God can!

dhw: I trust that logical alternatives to your illogical theories will never again be dismissed on the grounds that they entail thought patterns and emotions similar to our own, since you regard such patterns as being 50% possible.

DAVID: All we can do is guess.

dhw: Or at least keep an open mind, as opposed to pretending that 50/50 yes or no = 100% no.

DAVID: Some of us have the mental power to make choices based on evidence.

dhw: Some of you have the power to put on mental blinkers that will shut out the 50% of evidence against your rigid beliefs.

DAVID: There is no evidence that is absolute proof, but I'll take adler's proof beyond a reasonable doubt.

Adler’s “proof” concerned the existence of God, not the possibility that God had thought patterns and emotions similar to ours. Please stop dodging and please stop trying to hide behind Adler.