Winning Position: I'll stick with evolution.
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I'll stick with evolution.
Let's use a computer as an analogy for the human brain.
There are many different types of brains, just like there are many different types of computers. You have PCs, Macs, tablets/phones, tiny, wearable, computing devices, calculators, super computers, etc. So a human brain can be a supercomputer and a dog's brain can be a calculator.
Now, these computers all need an operating system, like Windows, OS-X, IOS, Android, Linux, Etc. The operating system can represent sentience.
But in order for computers to do useful stuff, they need aps, like Microsoft Word, Photoshop, VLC, etc. This can be human knowledge and reason.
Ok. Ready? Here we go.
We are expected to believe that a super computer evolved, with Linux installed and a number of aps? That's Quite a lot to happen all by itself. Can we reasonably expect to find a similar machine on some distant planet, half burried in sand? I mean, don't you find that just as incredible as what religion teaches?