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I don't believe in Evolution but those who do must believe it has a goal because "Natural Selection" requires criteria. I don't believe nature can select (anymore than gravity) but if it could select, it would require criteria - a goal or goals on which to base it's selection.

You misunderstand the term "natural selection", then. It's not about 'selecting' certain traits to come about, it's about 'selecting' which organisms are best adapted for a given environment. There isn't any inherent direction (at least, none has been detected yet -- though I suppose that it's possible that something is directing it that we've not detected despite the lack of evidence of such), it's that certain organisms are, because of their genetically-inherited traits, better able to survive and reproduce in a given environment. The "criteria" is just a result of the current environmental conditions which typically aren't intentionally directed and are subject to change at any moment. When the environment changes, so does the selection criteria.

certain organisms are, because of their genetically-inherited traits, better able to survive and reproduce in a given environment.

Well, bacteria are better able to survive and reproduce in ANY environment, in the crushing depths of the ocean and in the radioactive crust of the earth, in outer space even on my kitchen counter and in my gut - so then: Can we be said to have any advantage over bacteria? Why would any self-respecting bacterium evolve into a jellyfish or a human for that matter?