(May 3, 2013 at 1:51 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: The modern atheist removes from consideration teleology, final causes and intentionality.
It seems likely that our geologically recent development of reason would have sprung out a need to anticipate the intentions of not just game and predators but most expecially the intentions of neighboring tribes of people. So regarding the universe or gods as a creature with intentions and purpose fits a natural pattern in our development. Fortunately we are probably sophisticated enough to begin to differentiate situations where that model is not apt.