Evolution happens according to the laws of physics and thus could be argued to be deterministic. Therefore a god could change some minor details before the creation of life to start a butterfly effect. — BlueBanana
and in this instant by random I mean without aim, without direction, without method. — Jeremiah
I don't care about that, just because I think all your gods are fake, that does not mean I actually believe I will be able to change your mind on such a topic. I have little desire to actually convince believers that their gods are not real. I understand how fruitless that task is. — Jeremiah
I don't care about that, just because I think all your gods are fake, that does not mean I actually believe I will be able to change your mind on such a topic. I have little desire to actually convince believers that their gods are not real. I understand how fruitless that task is. — Jeremiah
Nothing about the existence of gods — BlueBanana
You are wrong, Darwin meant without direction, it was a major contributing factor to his loss of faith in God. — Jeremiah
He kept seeing imperfections in nature, like beetles with wings trapped under their shell, which made him doubt a divine influence on the process. — Jeremiah
it was met with much resistance, because humans can't accept the idea that human existence is not special and instead is just the result of aimless mutation. — Jeremiah
However, without the mutations being aimless — Jeremiah
Furthermore there are no laws in physics that says these mutations have intent — Jeremiah
and there are no laws in physics that shows god is directing evolution — Jeremiah
Why should I call an indecisive being a "god"? — Harry Hindu
could be that some higher form of intelligence wished for life to be part of reality, but didn't want to be bothered managing it. — Jake
As Darwin was very clear that this integral component of the natural selection processes was without direction, progression or anything of that flavor, and if that is not true, then Darwinian natural selection is not true. — Jeremiah
God could not have created time just like God could not have created itself. It is something that is eternal.What about movies or books? If a god wanted things to stay how they are, they wouldn't create time, but they did, because there's certain beauty in change. God doesn't want either dinosaurs or humans to control the planet - they want the narrative of dinosaurs going extinct, humans rising to the top and then whatever's going to happen.
Also, a god could, depending on the definitions used, exist outside time and view the universe as a space-time-block with time being the fourth spatial dimension. — BlueBanana
Sure it is. An omniscient being can't be indecisive. If its not omniscient, then who call it god? It could just be aliens.Because not being indecisive is not the (usual) definition of a god. Some definitions do include it but it's not a necessary part of the definition. — BlueBanana
"Being bothered by having to manage something" is a limitation of humans, not gods.It could be that some higher form of intelligence wished for life to be part of reality, but didn't want to be bothered managing it. — Jake
God could not have created time just like God could not have created itself. It is something that is eternal. — Harry Hindu
What use is creating a narrative for an omniscient being? — Harry Hindu
Sure it is. An omniscient being can't be indecisive. — Harry Hindu
It could just be aliens. — Harry Hindu
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