On 2 Sep 2006 at 18:39, Richard Baker wrote: > Andrew said: > > > Further, ID has very little to do with belief that G-d created the > > universe...I, as many Jews, believe that G-d created..evoloution, and > > set in chain the process which lead to Man. > > Do you believe that God chose the initial conditions such that > humanity was an inevitable outcome?
If there infinite universes, as many scientists now believe, does that make the this universe any less? If every descision has other universes where you decided in every other possible way, let alone the stranger posibilities. "Why?" on a grand scale is not something science can yet answer. It would appear that evoloution of a species (ignoring individual members plights) is random, but equally we know that no such thing as true chance exists. So to species, so to society. As a species is a pool of genes flowing through time and space, society is a pool of memes flowing through time and space. "inevitable" is a word which is loaded in itself, and as to "outcome", I don't think we're quite at the end of the river yet. AndrewC _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
