I literally cannot avoid sinning; so, why...

[Bucky Ball]

It wasn't originally inhabited.

I guess you're right there. If things happen, they just happen. That's one way to look at it.

Things don't just happen. 
Order arises spontaneously in this universe, (see Chaos Theory), 
Evolution is a fact. Natural selection is a fact. It's not "chance" on that level. 
Random mutation IS by chance.

[The Architect Of Fate]

Explain your answer.

What's there to explain?

[Lek]

I guess you're right there. If things happen, they just happen. That's one way to look at it.

Things don't just happen. 
Order arises spontaneously in this universe, (see Chaos Theory), 
Evolution is a fact. Natural selection is a fact. It's not "chance" on that level. 
Random mutation IS by chance.

Of course I agree with you. I was just being facetious because the person said things just happen and we just deal with them. What kind of process do you think the universe works through to maintain order. Is it inherent in the makeup from the beginning? Does the universe have a brain and causes these things to happen because of chemical reactions in that brain?

[Bucky Ball]

Things don't just happen. 
Order arises spontaneously in this universe, (see Chaos Theory), 
Evolution is a fact. Natural selection is a fact. It's not "chance" on that level. 
Random mutation IS by chance.

Of course I agree with you. I was just being facetious because the person said things just happen and we just deal with them. What kind of process do you think the universe works through to maintain order. Is it inherent in the makeup from the beginning? Does the universe have a brain and causes these things to happen because of chemical reactions in that brain?

It's complicated. See this, and if it doesn't explain it, I might be able to assist. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_theory
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/ear...0processes.

[Astreja]

What kind of process do you think the universe works through to maintain order. Is it inherent in the makeup from the beginning? Does the universe have a brain and causes these things to happen because of chemical reactions in that brain?

I think it's inherent - matter and energy interacting in consistent ways because of things like atomic structure.

[Lek]

What kind of process do you think the universe works through to maintain order. Is it inherent in the makeup from the beginning? Does the universe have a brain and causes these things to happen because of chemical reactions in that brain?

I think it's inherent - matter and energy interacting in consistent ways because of things like atomic structure.

Thanks. It's too complicated to absorb in one reading, but I'll study it some more.

[Ravenshire]

If the universe wasn't planned for us it's highly likely it would be a hostile environment

Explain your answer.

The fucking audacity to demand explanations from others for their views, but offering none for your own.

[Bucky Ball]

Why would creator of everything create murder and make it joyful?

god could have written it on everyone’s heart that murder is a very unpleasant thing to do.  And rape would be another thing it could have programmed us not to want to do and get us to believe it is a free will desire not to rape or murder.

Don’t you think Lek?

I haven't figured that out yet. While we're at it, I also have a question for you. Why would a universe that just happens to be here be so hostile to it's inhabitants?

It's not. Millions of species evolved and thrived for many millions of years.
Evolution doesn't care about individuals. It promotes survival of species.
We are indoctrinated with the notion of "individualism".
It hasn't always been that way. Individualism came from Greece in about 500-300 BC to the Levant.
It's actually why during that period, the Jewish prophets began to insist on monotheism, an individual deity.
Before that, Israel was polytheistic.
Before that, "immortality" consisted in the continuity of the male line.
That changed with individualism.

[Lek]

I haven't figured that out yet. While we're at it, I also have a question for you. Why would a universe that just happens to be here be so hostile to it's inhabitants?

It's not. Millions of species evolved and thrived for many millions of years.
Evolution doesn't care about individuals. It promotes survival of species.
We are indoctrinated with the notion of "individualism".
It hasn't always been that way. Individualism came from Greece in about 500-300 BC to the Levant.
It's actually why during that period, the Jewish prophets began to insist on monotheism, an individual deity.
Before that, Israel was polytheistic.
Before that, "immortality" consisted in the continuity of the male line.
That changed with individualism.

Most of those species that survived got wiped out.

[Bucky Ball]

It's not. Millions of species evolved and thrived for many millions of years.
Evolution doesn't care about individuals. It promotes survival of species.
We are indoctrinated with the notion of "individualism".
It hasn't always been that way. Individualism came from Greece in about 500-300 BC to the Levant.
It's actually why during that period, the Jewish prophets began to insist on monotheism, an individual deity.
Before that, Israel was polytheistic.
Before that, "immortality" consisted in the continuity of the male line.
That changed with individualism.

Most of those species that survived got wiped out.

Not for a long long time. Maybe their jobs were accomplished.
You are correct, ... I may have heard 98% are now extinct. 
There are now 8.7  million species still alive. Evolution doesn't care.
Humans *need* to find meaning. It's very understandable. It promotes survival. Growing up means that's not always possible.