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Are you absolutely sure?
To say, “The universe requires a Creator.” Is an act of faith, because all other possible explanations have not nor ever can be explored. All absolutes must be taken by faith, regardless of whether they are true. Likewise to say, “The universe does not require a Creator,” is an act of faith, because explanations for everything have not nor ever can be explored. It is an absolute that must be taken by faith, regardless of whether it is true. To say, “There are no absolutes,” is simply an act of ignorance. The statement itself is nonsensical, because one cannot make an absolute statement that absolutes don’t exist. It is like saying, “My brother is an only child.” The implication is that there are absolutes, because endorsement of their existence is the only statement that can be made with impunity.
August 28, 2007 at 11:47 pm
I look at this subject as a matter of what is more plausible. Is it more plausible that through eons of randomness that goop becomes intelligent, and behaves intelligently to eventually morph into life as we know it? Not only “life”, but species of every kind that work together in the harmony and reality that we call nature? Or is it more plausible that there is a Creator, or “intelligent designer” who spun things into existence through the power of His spoken word, resulting in life so intricately balanced, that to consider randomness above a design would be truly irrational, in spite of not being able explore all explanations for either case. Having faith in a creator makes much more sense.
good thoughts.
September 24, 2007 at 2:46 am
And yet… there seems to be so much biological evidence for evolution in the human genome. Whether God played with evolution (theistic evolution) or not (atheistic evolution), that is the question it seems. Personally, I see God’s hand in it. Creation is simply too magnificent to come about by itself.