[boris]

There is mystery. Not necessarily "magic". Some things are hidden from human knowledge and thought. We are limited beings with limited cognition and senses.

Hence some things will always be 'hidden' from us.

The Origin of Things is (I believe) one of those Mysteries.

We can speculate (and both sides do). Make 'educated' guesses.

Personally, I combine intelligent design with evolution. In this view, God created the Universe, established the rules, and then let it run. The rules allow evolution; hence we see evolution's results.

In other words I see no conflict between 'creationism' and evolution.

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Questions (always) remain. If being intelligent is a survival benefit, then why isn't everything intelligent? If horses evolved long legs to run faster than predators, where are the long-legged predators evolved to run with horses?

And if there is a benignant Creator who took an immediate and personal interest in the design of the human body, how does one explain cancer, pain, death, etc?

--Boris

[ffusco]

I agree.
God as esquisite watchmaker, wound it up and let it run allowed for the idea of a Creator as well as a world of natural laws where events were predictable and repeatable, a world that is mechanical, matter in motion while still having a moral dimension.