What is Evolution? - A Primer

you mean this?

Not science so much as speculation. According to FF, the burden of proof would be upon you to prove that life can exist in radically different conditions than ours.

Rest of post: I'm not saying there are not many planets that have the possibility, which is different than the probability, of having life. Even a small percentage of planets is what, millions or billions in the universe?

The problem is how life gets there. Show me actual life on another planet and I'll reconsider my position.

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Though I have said that the other case was from memory, here you go. Very high profile, look under the supernatural phenomenon section.

Working. On. It. Working real hard.

Whereas that's real neat, actually quite interesting... good read, it is a long way from proving a supernatural existence. If a true case of stigmata pops up... I am quite sure modern medicine will be begging for an investigation. Just because medicine of the time couldn't explain something does not mean modern medicine cannot. We've come a bit of a distance in a very short time.

I pose this question, as I do quite often... show direct "empirical" (Thanks RD!) evidence for the existence of this "creator". Why would every single thing be lined up to show, with evidence, a story so completely different? Why does every bit of evidence gathered point to Evolution? Why does every bit of evidence gathered show the Earth's age at roughly four and a half billion years? Why is there no evidence showing a creator?

Until it yields results, you can't state for the purposes of argument that it is likely, by much of your own logic.

It's not exactly brain surgery, it seems like an inexplicable case even by modern standards if what we know is correct. The problem with keeping everything up to date is that it never works, and with many things, we'll just have to compromise for a close to modern time. I would think medicine was advanced enough to thoroughly explain flesh wounds such as this as well as modern science, if any explanation is possible.

Evolution is fine by me. So is Earth being billions of years old. What do you want me to say, fossils were planted by God to test our faith? I'm saying, I think the idea of a creator of life, not humans specifically, is the best explanation out there.

Again, consider our advancement over the years. Medicine and medical procedures only a few decades ago are considered old and outdated. New technology, new research, advancing at a level that it never has before. Something that was unexplainable to us then can be easily explained now.

It's the easiest. However easy is not always correct.

How exactly life started here, nobody will ever know for certain. Any evidence of that has been erased by time.

Where did this creator come from? Where did it go? Why this one planet, why the need to create such an immense universe to harbor so little for such a short period of time? Most importantly... why?

Then explain it by modern standards. The accounts are there. Surely you could use them to find possiblities if not certainties?

The definition in many cases of the creator is that many of these questions will not be answered, at least until we meet the creator.

In order to explain it by modern standards, we need a modern examination of the phenomena. It requires a bit more than pouring over already collected data.

Your reason for lack of evidence is because that which is in question will only become evident when it decides to show itself?

It must certainly be possible to at least come up with some possible explanations based on what we know, and if not, I do not see how tests can prove anything.

I'm no expert, but has the examination of mere wounds progressed so much as to make much of a difference in this particular case?

Yes, and you may ridicule it from a standpoint of someone who probably uses the scientific method to determine which breakfast cereal to buy, but this is one of the aspects of religious faith, which people accept knowing full well that they're not going to find many answers right now. As you might suggest, be patient and those answers will come eventually.

In any case, the idea of a creator of life seems most appealing to me right now, so I'll accept the consequences of some unanswered questions that come with it.