(March 14, 2013 at 10:59 am)Drew_2013 Wrote: Hello Apophenia
You have said repeatedly your not an atheist...just what do you believe about the existence of the universe and life and what facts support your belief?
Its ironic you bring up the theory of Panspermia, the idea that life was planted here by an intelligence is far more in keeping with the theistic idea than a naturalistic idea atheists prefer to promote. Also all it would do is push the envelope back, how did the life that planted life come into existence? But I'm not making a god in the gaps argument (the fact we don't know how life started) the existence of life it self is the fact I am arguing from.
Do you even understand panspermia?
It's not even close to theistic idea since it doesn't suggest that life was planted here by any sort of intelligence. And no, it does not address the question of how life came to be, just how it came to be on earth. Paspermia itself is as naturalistic as it gets. And you are making god of the gaps argument because the existence of life itself does not lead to any of the questions you are asking, much less answering.
