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 What if God chose to use evolution as his method for creating Adam and Eve? (2)

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What if God chose to use evolution as his method for creating Adam and Eve?

Who are we to restrict God's methods for creating life?

If we were to create artificial intelligence, would we not evolve that technology?  I mean, it's not like we would get it perfect the very first time.  And wouldn't our creation consider us Gods?  And if they discover the process of their creation, wouldn't they then assume that we had no hand in their development?

The universe is so vast and there is so much out there that we still don't know that I am always amazed at how arrogant some people are in claiming they know the origins of man.

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Well that's a great question...what if. Though when trying to objectively measure what happened the scientific method is the way to go. You take a gander at something, then you try to see if that is what actually happens. the problem with God ,though, is that he is supposed to be beyond the means of physically measuring. This means that we can't test for his existence and thus we can't use him as a source for anything in any serious scientific quandary. evolution and chemical biogenesis can be tested and have been... the results do side with their favor as well...

but then again it is a big "what if" question.

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The universe is so vast and there is so much out there that we still don't know that I am always amazed at how arrogant some people are in claiming they know the origins of man.

I love this statement. It reminds me how arrogant many people are and how numerous individuals misunderstand the scientific credo. The beauty of science is that proof does not exist. Science merely attempts to develop possible explanation, and it never takes things as true. I flashback to fifth-grade science fair when we had to develop a report for our experiments. At the end, we had to state whether our experiment supported our hypothesis, not if the experiment confirmed it.

Though I trust gravity with my life, I also recognize that human perceptions of it may be off. That evolution that I observed the other day in E.coli is not proof, but only one possibility. Anyone who follows an absolutism framework towards science is not a scientist in my eyes.

As for the major "What if..." question that this debate centers around, there is no concrete way to support a hypothesis that states, "God did [insert thing here]." However, a scientist should state that he or she has nothing against that statement. It should hold possibility like any other statement. Lack of evidence to support a hypothesis is not evidence against it.

Finally, what many creationists and evolutionist individuals who argue need to remember that interpretation of holy books like the Bible is quite complicated. The book of Genesis clearly states seven days to create the world, but that does not confirm or deny anything. Who are we to determine what a day is to God? If humans believe God to be all-powerful, then he can do what he damn well please (such as substitute day for several billion or million years or create the process of evolution). Since there is no real way to support (or not support) the existence or power of God, then there is no real way to answer such a question about God.

The amazing ability that has been bestowed upon humans is the ability to think. Someone who puts their trust in the bible has the same rights as someone who puts their trust in science: the right to think. Evolution as suggested by modern science neither confirms nor denies the existence of a deity or the concept of creationism.

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