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Evolution and Creationism
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Evolution and Creationism
Is evolution any less a miracle than Creationism? Time does not dictate the miraculous. If a wizard appeared in front of me, whether it took him one minute to fly upwards or 10 years I would not consider the act any less miraculous. This leads one to ask why would evolution be considered miraculous? The general consensus around miracles is that they have to defy the laws of nature. While the meaning of that definition is a good argument for another time, I am going to move forward defining miracle as something that goes against the laws of nature. The laws of nature are all interconnected and go back to the big bang. To further demonstrate what I mean by this, let's imagine we're trying to predict where the ball goes after I throw it. This depends on the weight of the ball, the force of my throw, the wind, and etc. etc. To understand these forces, we have to view them as interconnected processes and not isolated events. So, the force I put into the ball depends on what I have eaten, if I have worked out, etc. which all depends on the processes before it. The wind that blows the ball slightly to the left is only blowing that way because of the weather patterns that happened before it, which happened because of what materials and where the earth formed etc. So, lets start at the big bang. Immediately upon that explosion, the universe was doomed. Granted its going to take an inconceivable-to-our-fragile-minds amount of time, but still everything was meant to die. Albeit this, there is a natural propensity for life to keep on living. This is the root of evolution, that life is fighting against itself. On one hand the universe was made to die, on the other it was designed to live. This difference between how things are and how things strive to be is ultimately irrational. It's the ultimate paradox. So my question is, how do you reconcile life on one hand being designed to end and on the other hand being designed to keep going on?
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Evolution and Creationism - by PerennialPhilosophy - March 20, 2016 at 2:36 pm
RE: Evolution and Creationism - by robvalue - March 20, 2016 at 2:50 pm
RE: Evolution and Creationism - by ApeNotKillApe - March 20, 2016 at 2:54 pm
RE: Evolution and Creationism - by abaris - March 20, 2016 at 2:56 pm
RE: Evolution and Creationism - by deleteduser12345 - March 20, 2016 at 3:00 pm
RE: Evolution and Creationism - by Nay_Sayer - March 20, 2016 at 3:08 pm
RE: Evolution and Creationism - by PerennialPhilosophy - March 20, 2016 at 3:19 pm
RE: Evolution and Creationism - by Nay_Sayer - March 20, 2016 at 4:01 pm
RE: Evolution and Creationism - by PerennialPhilosophy - March 20, 2016 at 4:17 pm
RE: Evolution and Creationism - by deleteduser12345 - March 20, 2016 at 5:36 pm
RE: Evolution and Creationism - by PerennialPhilosophy - March 20, 2016 at 5:51 pm
RE: Evolution and Creationism - by ApeNotKillApe - March 20, 2016 at 6:01 pm
RE: Evolution and Creationism - by Whateverist - March 20, 2016 at 10:18 pm
RE: Evolution and Creationism - by brewer - March 20, 2016 at 3:34 pm
RE: Evolution and Creationism - by PerennialPhilosophy - March 20, 2016 at 3:49 pm
RE: Evolution and Creationism - by Esquilax - March 20, 2016 at 5:20 pm
RE: Evolution and Creationism - by brewer - March 20, 2016 at 7:47 pm
RE: Evolution and Creationism - by Esquilax - March 20, 2016 at 3:37 pm
RE: Evolution and Creationism - by robvalue - March 20, 2016 at 3:40 pm
RE: Evolution and Creationism - by ApeNotKillApe - March 20, 2016 at 3:57 pm
RE: Evolution and Creationism - by PerennialPhilosophy - March 20, 2016 at 4:19 pm
RE: Evolution and Creationism - by ApeNotKillApe - March 20, 2016 at 4:31 pm
RE: Evolution and Creationism - by PerennialPhilosophy - March 20, 2016 at 4:44 pm
RE: Evolution and Creationism - by Alex K - March 20, 2016 at 6:40 pm
RE: Evolution and Creationism - by Bob Kelso - March 20, 2016 at 9:51 pm
RE: Evolution and Creationism - by robvalue - March 21, 2016 at 2:17 am
RE: Evolution and Creationism - by downbeatplumb - March 21, 2016 at 4:38 am
RE: Evolution and Creationism - by Whateverist - March 21, 2016 at 8:23 am
RE: Evolution and Creationism - by robvalue - March 21, 2016 at 4:46 am
RE: Evolution and Creationism - by ignoramus - March 21, 2016 at 5:52 am
RE: Evolution and Creationism - by Brian37 - March 21, 2016 at 7:48 am
RE: Evolution and Creationism - by The Atheist - March 23, 2016 at 1:53 am
RE: Evolution and Creationism - by robvalue - March 23, 2016 at 2:57 am
RE: Evolution and Creationism - by Minimalist - March 23, 2016 at 2:00 am

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