Posted on 08/01/2010 2:46:04 PM PDT by LibWhacker
Life was certainly not created "by accident," but rather by design of the Creator of the Universe -- to Whom billions of our years (or pico-seconds) are mere eye-blinks of time.
So I believe our Creator intended the Universe to hold life -- indeed, to hold us -- for the Creator's purposes, not "by accident."
Exactly how all this came about is a matter for intense scientific inquiry.
And so far at least, physical evidence shows us life beginning with the simplest possible forms here on earth, not seeded by "bugs from space."
Of course, someday we may find simple life forms (or very interesting organic molecules) hitching rides in comets or asteroids.
Then the question will become: did these "seed" the earth, or did they somehow escape from earth?
But that day has not arrived, and may never.
Proper science can only work with such evidence as it has.
Depends. Are they Linux-based or Microsoft-based?
Think class inheritance.
...and as a scientist, I've learned the danger of assuming that whatever motivates a scientist is really what motivates everyone or anyone else, including God.
He might not have been after engineering efficiency, but artistry, or trying to see what He could do with very specific design constraints, as in a cosmic soapbox derby.
Cheers!
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