There are lots of people here who claim that evolution can't be true because any ordered results must be the product of an intelligence. And that the processes by which evolution is claimed to operate are random, so they can't be responsible for the wide variety of life we see around us.
Well, there are two problems here.
Firstly, evolution is not random. True, some parts of it are. The variations that occur in individuals are random, but whether those variations are passed down to later generations is not. Any variation that improves the individual's chances of living long enough to reproduce are more likely to be passed on. And variations that make it harder for the individual to survive are less likely to be passed on, simply because the animal is probably going to die from its disadvantage before it can reproduce.
Secondly, it is entirely possible to have ordered results that have nothing to do with any intelligence. Natural processes alone can produce order that might seem, at first, to be the work of some intelligent agent. But it is not so, and the processes can be explained.
For example, why is it that when you open a box of cornflakes that all the big ones are on the top and all the little ones are at the bottom? It's because moving the box causes the cornflakes to shift around a bit. This opens holes. And the holes will start out small. Thus, the small bits will fall through them before the larger pieces. The end result is a box of cornflakes where the small bits are at the bottom.
So, is there anyone here who thinks I am wrong?
Well, there are two problems here.
Firstly, evolution is not random. True, some parts of it are. The variations that occur in individuals are random, but whether those variations are passed down to later generations is not. Any variation that improves the individual's chances of living long enough to reproduce are more likely to be passed on. And variations that make it harder for the individual to survive are less likely to be passed on, simply because the animal is probably going to die from its disadvantage before it can reproduce.
Secondly, it is entirely possible to have ordered results that have nothing to do with any intelligence. Natural processes alone can produce order that might seem, at first, to be the work of some intelligent agent. But it is not so, and the processes can be explained.
For example, why is it that when you open a box of cornflakes that all the big ones are on the top and all the little ones are at the bottom? It's because moving the box causes the cornflakes to shift around a bit. This opens holes. And the holes will start out small. Thus, the small bits will fall through them before the larger pieces. The end result is a box of cornflakes where the small bits are at the bottom.
So, is there anyone here who thinks I am wrong?
