Think about that. A universe in which basic physics and processes are such that life is, in some sense inevitable. Random, unplanned, yet defaults to life. Amazing. When I think about that, I always wonder if what we are seeing is in some sense the signature of a creator.

For me it comes down to this: you either believe in a Creator, or you don't. If you believe, it seems to me that you must accept Her creation for what it is - it's not up to me to edit God. If I look around me and see a wild diversity of life, and if I read the studies of hundreds or thousands of very keen intellects that have been closely observing nature for hundreds of years, and if only one credible, often-tested theory explains that diversity, then I must conclude that evolution is part of the Creator's plan. It is not for me - or any other human - to say 'this doesn't fit with my narrow view of the universe, therefore it can't be part of God's plan.

Remember the Inquisition and Galileo? It only took the Church 345 years to lift its ban on his teachings that Earth revolved around the Sun, and not vice versa. Will a new canonical essay soon reverse that position?...
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