(December 6, 2014 at 10:03 pm)whateverist Wrote: It came from the same place as our elbows and collar bones. My organism took many meters of DNA and assembled me to have elbows, collar bones, awareness and much more. Eon after eon the mechanisms of life complexified over the generations. Why? No idea. May as well ask why rust or ice forms. No one knows if it could have been otherwise. I don't. You don't. But we can all speculate.And what was the origin of your elbows and collar bones? No matter what you say, what was the origin of that, ad infinitum.
Quote:If you feel there is some intention involved, more power to you. But you'll never convince me of it. Not based on nothing more than your hunch. (I prefer my own.)I did not suggest that there was intention. What I said was "I cannot accept a 'something from nothing' scenario in any way shape or form. Under this philosophy, I must accept the universe (and beyond) is alive."
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-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
