Evidence

[Max_Kolbe]

In another thread FaithNoMore wrote "we have to go where the evidence leads us."

So, if we look at the evidence in nature, where does the evidence lead us? How does the evidence answer this question: how did all this get here?

(Can the evidence answer the metaphysical question, why is all this here?)

Obviously evidence can tell us how things got here, but the tone I got from your question was in implied 'why things are here' question, which unjustifiably draws in teleology.

No, there was no tone. I just thought of the metaphysical question after my first.

So the question is, what does the evidence tell us about how everything got here? Do we have enough evidence to answer that question?

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I promise it wasn't all leading up to you.

I like to think it was.