(November 29, 2018 at 3:21 am)Everena Wrote: lol. I think of God as a creator, not a designer, but there certainly are some very beautiful and amazing things in or world.
For every sense we have, we have been blessed with such pleasurable things. Things for our eyes to look at that are so beautiful, things to eat that taste so good, things that smell wonderful, sensations that feel wonderful, and of course amazing sounds to hear. What would life be without the beautiful music of nature, the sound of laughter, and the beautiful music we make playing in the background?
I say there is just one grand creator, a massive energy bigger than our entire planet who wants all of us to become better people, so we can escape the pain here and move on to something even more amazing, and have even more amazing experiences.
(November 29, 2018 at 7:53 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Then how do you explain all the things in the world that are inimical to human life? Most of this planet is uninhabitable for us
So what? We have plenty of space and then some. And people are probably supposed to gather together in certain areas.
(November 29, 2018 at 7:53 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: - we cannot survive at high elevations, underwater,
We can survive at high elevations in an airplane, and 2.2 million different species of life can survive under water.
(November 29, 2018 at 7:53 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: or in extreme heat or cold (not without very special artificial assistance, at least).
There is plenty of habitable space on this planet that is not extemely hot or cold, so who cares?
(November 29, 2018 at 7:53 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: A significant portion of the elements are poisonous to us, even in very tiny quantities.
The same is true of many insects, plants, and animals. A lack of vitamins causes us serious problems, as does a surplus of them.
We share this planet with 7.77 million other species of life. Not everything that is here is here for just us. Don't take man made vitamins if you're worried about having a surplus of them.
(November 29, 2018 at 7:53 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: The idea that we're the whole purpose of this planet is ludicrous on the face of it. We are outnumbered by insects, by birds, by bacteria.I agree. The whole purpose of this planet very obviously is not just for us, since we share it with gazillions of animals.
(November 29, 2018 at 7:53 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: There are organisms who thrive where a human would die of heat, starvation, toxicity, thirst, cold or suffocation in jig time.Then don't move to any of those places. You have a brain.
(November 29, 2018 at 7:53 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: The notion that we've managed to flourish on such a hostile planet doesn't point to special creation.
I would not call our planet hostile in any way, more like the provider of food, and medicinal plants and herbs, and water, and fire and electricity, and metals, and cotton etc etc. We are truly blessed. If don't like it, maybe you should move to some other planet.
(November 29, 2018 at 7:53 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: It points to a long, slow, accumulation of the beneficial traits needed for survival. In other words, the reason that what we see is exactly what we would expect if evolution were true is very simple - it IS true.That is wonderful. The big rock in your front yard still did not create the universe no matter how much you may want to pretend it did. Inanimate objects or "nothing" would not create a planet with conscious life, complex DNA, food and a million other useful things. You are deluding yourself. It is simply not possible.