[betty boop]

... it would appear to me that, unlike the gases in which we are now immersed, the motion of "stuff" at (or shortly after) the instant of "creation" had something definitely "non-random" imposed upon it....

"A picture is worth a thousand words!"

It seems clear to me that "picture" of the CMB at close to the initial state of the universe is not of an isotropic ("random") distribution.

As Sir Fred Hoyle put it, it very much looks as if some "superintellect has monkeyed with physics."

I do not see how the numerous universal physical constants which appear to be the "initial conditions" of an evolving material universe compossible with life and mind can have arisen from randomness, chaos. No more than the beauty of the world can have arisen randomly. Or even the physical laws themselves.

Thank you so very much, dear brother in Christ, for your splendid essay/post!

[Alamo-Girl]

I do not see how the numerous universal physical constants which appear to be the "initial conditions" of an evolving material universe compossible with life and mind can have arisen from randomness, chaos. No more than the beauty of the world can have arisen randomly. Or even the physical laws themselves.

I very strongly agree, dearest sister in Christ!