David Pakman: 'Is Atheism Irrational?' NYTimes Article is Irrational

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I would rather be stuck with the theological challenge of explaining where god came from then to be in the position of defending a physics which does not even attempt to explain what caused inert matter to organize itself into amino acids, then combine those into simple life forms, which somehow "knew" to go on to organize themselves into more advanced life forms, imbuing themselves with consciousness as they went, and, as an aside, tweaking their environment to the finely balanced equilibrium that supports life.

How does all that happen without a guiding intelligence? And don't come back with "there were billions of years to allow this to happen by chance".

What exactly was the impetus behind all this organization and development?