The theist evolution argument

[Confused Ape]

He said (long story short) that the probabillity of evolution through natural selection happening in such a way that it did, is so tiny, that it indicates the existence of a God that superintended the process.

That the odds of creation of man through this proccess are so slim, that is a strong indicator that God was involved...

Here's an article by Francis Collins.

Evolution And The Imago Dei

Suppose God chose to use the mechanism of evolution to create animals like us, knowing this process would lead to big-brained creatures with the capacity to think, ask questions about our own origins, discover the truth about the universe and discover pointers toward the One who provides meaning to life. Who are we to say that's not how we would have done it?

If the dinosaurs hadn't become extinct there might have been a different line of evolution resulting in big-brained creatures with the capacity to think etc. These creatures might have thought that evolution was the way God did it because he knew it would eventually result in them appearing on the Earth.

Does God have a physical body which looks just like a human's? If not, maybe he wasn't fussy about what kind of big brained creatures would be the end result. After all, as long as they were able to make scientific discoveries it wouldn't matter if they had scales and a tail.