A Meditation On Evolution And Its Implications
Evolution just seems to have some really huge problems. No actual evidence in the fossil record, no explanation for the origin of information, no hypothesis for how interdependant complimentary systems arise spontaneously that cannot function without every part in place (blood clotting is one example). Even Darwin Himself said, "To suppose that the eye, with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting different amounts of light, and for the correction of spherical and chromatic aberration, could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest possible degree."
On the other hand the prime reality of causal explanations for the origin of the universe, the fine tuning of the laws of physics, our ability to explore and comprehend scientifically, the information in the DNA molecule, and irreducible complexity in interdependant systems all seem to point compellingly away from Darwinian explanations and toward a transcendent cause.
Think about it for a minute, there is something rather then nothing, something cannot bring itself into existence, and must have a transcendent cause for its existence. Therefore, whatever began to exist had a cause for its existence; a cause that must have contained all the necessary information and ability to produce what it makes or causes. Since there must be a cause for the existence of the universe that must have had the capacity to bring complex interreliant complimentary systems into existence, that same causal reality must also be the thing from which every thing else comes if there was in fact nothing else in existence before everything came into existence.
What other possible explanation is there for all that we see and know than that a all wise, all powerful, infinitely intelligent, unfathomably complex person brought it into existence? I can't think of any that can account for the deep complexities and informational naturally occurring systems, therefore I believe that the Bible's explanation of this God, and who He is best fits observable reality as I have ever seen or experienced it. Chance and randomness would render scientific research irrelevant because there is no point to try and study randomness, for you could learn nothing from it, but if an all wise, all powerful, infinitely intelligent, unfathomably complex person brought it into existence; if it is deigned and systematic than it renders itself to empirical study, which is what science finds when it looks into physical reality, not random forces.
It is interesting to think about the fact that in order for there to be scientific research there must also be order and design. For if there was only chance and randomness there would be no point in examining it,, like I said, because you could learn nothing from it. We would live in a world of uncertainly; a world without physical or chemical laws. There would be no point to anything, and then why not just do whatever you wanted?
The truth of the matter is that you don't matter, neither do I, and neither does family, love, joy, suffering, or pain if it is all natural selection and survival of the fittest. That means that your outrage at injustices in the world is just a headache that you just need to get over. That is, if we are all simply a product of chance and randomness.
For anything to make sense there must actually be sensible things to think about, and for their to be justice (right and wrong) there must be a standard or law of nature, otherwise why punish a rapist? Isn't he/she just propagating the species?
Yes, we are here, but the pressing question that must be deal with is why? I mean, there are those who say that enjoyment and love matter, but why? What is the difference, and why should I even care about those things? For what is it that makes those things matter, what are they anyway, and how do you go about trying to answer any of these questions if there is no design, order, or reason?
It just seems to me like maybe some haven't thought about this very much. If you are anything like me, you probably don't want to because the more you do, the more you are faced with very difficult implications. What I mean by that is that if God does exist, created, and rules all things; if God has put laws (both physical and moral) in place, and this present existence is not all there is and what we do now determines what happens to us next, then nothing matters more than answering the question, why.
On the other hand the prime reality of causal explanations for the origin of the universe, the fine tuning of the laws of physics, our ability to explore and comprehend scientifically, the information in the DNA molecule, and irreducible complexity in interdependant systems all seem to point compellingly away from Darwinian explanations and toward a transcendent cause.
Think about it for a minute, there is something rather then nothing, something cannot bring itself into existence, and must have a transcendent cause for its existence. Therefore, whatever began to exist had a cause for its existence; a cause that must have contained all the necessary information and ability to produce what it makes or causes. Since there must be a cause for the existence of the universe that must have had the capacity to bring complex interreliant complimentary systems into existence, that same causal reality must also be the thing from which every thing else comes if there was in fact nothing else in existence before everything came into existence.
What other possible explanation is there for all that we see and know than that a all wise, all powerful, infinitely intelligent, unfathomably complex person brought it into existence? I can't think of any that can account for the deep complexities and informational naturally occurring systems, therefore I believe that the Bible's explanation of this God, and who He is best fits observable reality as I have ever seen or experienced it. Chance and randomness would render scientific research irrelevant because there is no point to try and study randomness, for you could learn nothing from it, but if an all wise, all powerful, infinitely intelligent, unfathomably complex person brought it into existence; if it is deigned and systematic than it renders itself to empirical study, which is what science finds when it looks into physical reality, not random forces.
It is interesting to think about the fact that in order for there to be scientific research there must also be order and design. For if there was only chance and randomness there would be no point in examining it,, like I said, because you could learn nothing from it. We would live in a world of uncertainly; a world without physical or chemical laws. There would be no point to anything, and then why not just do whatever you wanted?
The truth of the matter is that you don't matter, neither do I, and neither does family, love, joy, suffering, or pain if it is all natural selection and survival of the fittest. That means that your outrage at injustices in the world is just a headache that you just need to get over. That is, if we are all simply a product of chance and randomness.
For anything to make sense there must actually be sensible things to think about, and for their to be justice (right and wrong) there must be a standard or law of nature, otherwise why punish a rapist? Isn't he/she just propagating the species?
Yes, we are here, but the pressing question that must be deal with is why? I mean, there are those who say that enjoyment and love matter, but why? What is the difference, and why should I even care about those things? For what is it that makes those things matter, what are they anyway, and how do you go about trying to answer any of these questions if there is no design, order, or reason?
It just seems to me like maybe some haven't thought about this very much. If you are anything like me, you probably don't want to because the more you do, the more you are faced with very difficult implications. What I mean by that is that if God does exist, created, and rules all things; if God has put laws (both physical and moral) in place, and this present existence is not all there is and what we do now determines what happens to us next, then nothing matters more than answering the question, why.
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