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> The theory of evolution as an explanation of the origin of the major taxa of life really paints us into a corner from which it is difficult to wiggle out. I'
by tree_of_item 8y ago
> The theory of evolution as an explanation of the origin of the major taxa of life really paints us into a corner from which it is difficult to wiggle out.
I'm really not sure what you mean by this.
> Also, the insistence on a distinction between "alien" and "divine" has no rational basis
What?? You don't see a distinction between life on another planet and supernatural phenomena...?
- oh_sigh 8y agoTo be fair, Bruno declared a distinction and was burned at the stake.
- TimTheTinker 8y ago> I'm really not sure what you mean by this. If you assume the major groups of life evolved from common ancestors, the fossil record doesn't offer a lot of help to fill in the early details (i.e. transitional types). Also, you have the problem of the origin of the first single-cell organism. > You don't see a distinction between life on another planet and supernatural phenomena...? My point is that insisting on it being an alien life form that seeded life on earth (as opposed to the God hypothesis) is kind of begging the question. Philosophically, what is the difference between an unknown alien life form and God as the origin of life, other than different starting assumptions?
- mbfg 8y ago>> what is the difference between an unknown alien life form and God as the origin of life, other than different starting assumptions? for one, we do know that there _are_ life forms.
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