Re: Proof of God's existence? Why not evolution?

"AC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 04:54:53 +0000 (UTC),
> Mark Earnest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> > O.K. I will rephrase.  It does not stand to reason that the human
species
> > could have created itself over millions of year out of sea algae.  That
> > would require a spark from the divine, some kind of divine assistance,
even
> > intervention.
>
> First of all, where the heck does this "create ourselves" nonsense come
> from?  Sounds like new-age dribble-drabble, or perhaps the statement of
> someone who truly does not comprehend how evolution works..

You don't even understand your own theory.  For mankind to evolve, he would
have to construct himself somehow, the way a baby does in the womb.


>
> Second of all, if there is some great big guy in the sky (or girl, or
> barber shop quartet or whatever), and it/they/she/he did use evolutionary
> processes to produce the organisms we see today, then there is simply no
way
> we could know emperically.  To us, it would appear as purely natural
> processes.

God is not up there in the sky.  He is down here on this earth with us,
helping us...visibly...to those that are not blind, of which there are very,
very few.
>
> You are also displaying some incredulity here, as far as I can tell.  Why
> should anyone make judgements on any natural process based upon whether
> *you* buy into the current theories that explain them?  I can envision
> evolutionary processes leading to the life we see today that requires
> nothing other than imperfect replicators, an environment where
> planet-rattling catastrophes are relatively infrequent, and lots of time.

You're just tring to make the Almighty unnecessary.   What is your problem
with God anyway?  Religion is not that helpful.  God is just the I AM
that assists in every situation.