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In reply to the discussion: Evolution-Accepting Christian Professor: Bible Doesn’t Have to Conflict with Scientific Realities [View all]AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)We cannot, of course, rule out the possibility that a perfectly omnipotent supernatural god designed the world, but evolution, in fact, and in 'spirit', defies the very idea of a designer. They are incompatible.
If you have traits that are passed on from one generation to the next, and you have selective pressure against those traits, you will get the appearance of design, because the 'winning' trait set that reproduced the best, will be well-adapted to the selective conditions that restrained or eliminated other trait sets.
It breaks the whole idea for the design itself to be arbitrary will, rather than simple adaptation. If evolution works, and is true, then there is nothing left for a supernatural god to do at all. To claim the reins are in god's hands, is not compatible with evolution. CANNOT be compatible with evolution.
This is not a simple matter of literalist reading of the bible, and herp derp, the order of creation is all wrong, etc.
Science has given us a new possibility, a view into a naturalistic world that arrived at its current state via purely natural processes, without a guiding hand at all. Not even at the ignition of space/time. The man in the article of the OP is simply engaged (as I dimissively said) in a game of 'god of the gaps', stuffing god into a smaller, more obscure hole.
The problem is, there aren't many holes left (holes being lack of understanding on our part) and they are shrinking every year.
There is very little left for 'god' to do at all, at this point, from a standpoint of humans trying to paste over the gaps in our knowledge with some sort of explanation.
If/when we get to the point that there is nothing that cannot be explained without the supernatural, and we can't find any evidence of supernatural activity, and we can't find any evidence of supernatural beings whether they 'did' anything to the universe or not, what then?
That time is approaching, my friend. Most likely in our own lifetimes.