Thursday, January 8, 2015

Creation of Man a Thing for Thought and Consideration

   How did mankind come into existence? "Intelligent design" is the theory suggesting there is a being guiding and directing the creation of living things.
   Now, while is is common for a person to direct the creation of a car or a computer, does it necessarily follow that a person is behind the creation of everything? No, it does not. We can see that some things might be created without a person directing them. Mud, for example, forms when it rains.
   But, conversely, does the fact that it seems obvious that things can be created without a person directing them mean that there cannot be a person behind the creation of all things "natural"? No, that does not follow, either.
  More to the point, does the fact we can see some things created without the direction of a human mean that living things are created without the direction of a divine creator? No, it does not. When we speak of proofs and things that are provable, the creation of man by a divine creator might be a difficult thing. But, so is it also not to be proved that there was not a divine creator directing and guiding the creation of living things.

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