I Myspacer asked me the following: “Do you believe it impossible for God to have planted a seed of creation for which all evolution began?”. And I responded:

I think thats a cop out argument, with the purpose of keeping ones faith without perturbing the rational side of your intellect by appeasing it. Evolution is a sloppy, unguided process in which we are a fortunate coincidence. This is consistent with the idea that there is no god, no purposeful creator or (for weak arguments sake) if there is a god he is not a personal god. You must ask yourself what evidence is there for the existence of a god? The proof for a god is tantamount to the evidence for a green three headed swan in our neighboring universe laying titanium eggs. You can’t prove there isn’t one, but there isn’t any data that implies there is. So what is the most likely scenario? The most likely scenario is that there is no god. I really wish I had a good willed invisible being looking over my shoulder. However, when I observe the apathetic universe I live in, all the human and animal suffering I observe, I would be a delusional egomaniac to think that there is a universal steward that cares about me.

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