[Riodacat]

Also, couldn't your animal examples point to God as well, that He has established an order that includes mercy? The fact that they're animals doesn't mean their behavior is removed from the Creator, if he exists.

Of course, there is nothing stopping anyone from constructing any hypothesis.
The beauty of attributing all good behavior to an invisible all powerful being is that it requires no testing, research or analysis, - just faith.
Bad behavior, otoh, is a tad more problematic.. ;)

[Mr. Silverback]

The beauty of attributing all good behavior to an invisible all powerful being is that it requires no testing, research or analysis, - just faith. Bad behavior, otoh, is a tad more problematic.. ;)

Tghe beauty of attributing all behavior, good and bad, to an evolutionary process is that it requires no testing, research or analysis, just faith that there is no Creator.