[marron]

"Without gradualness ... we are back to a miracle."

So if you slow a miracle down, it is not a miracle? I wonder what the time factor is that determines what is a miracle and what isn't?

If a miracle happens over a period of minutes, or months, or lifetimes, it is still a miracle. Some miracles we are privileged to witness. Some unfold over time and we may not live to see the end of it.

As for randomness, if the randomness is obedient to the laws of physics, it isn't that random. And if at the end of it it takes an intelligible form, then the principles governing it were themselves intelligent.

[MHGinTN]

I do so enjoy reading the way you put things. Thank you for the cogent insights, the way that you put them. ... And just so you know, I'm using a few in my writings. I have my smarter characters uttering such insights. ;^)

[betty boop]

If a miracle happens over a period of minutes, or months, or lifetimes, it is still a miracle. Some miracles we are privileged to witness. Some unfold over time and we may not live to see the end of it.... As for randomness, if the randomness is obedient to the laws of physics, it isn't that random. And if at the end of it it takes an intelligible form, then the principles governing it were themselves intelligent.

All of which sounds perfectly reasonable to me, dear brother in Christ!

THANK YOU!