[Zack Nguyen]

Natural selection is not a random process.

The theory of how it happened may not be random, but why it happened certainly is. And besides, the theory that life somehow began from a primordial soup is most certainly random, without purpose or explanation. This in and of itself does not make it wrong (though I believe that it is wrong), just describing what it is.

[CarolinaGuitarman]

" The theory of how it happened may not be random, but why it happened certainly is."

Natural selection is not a random process. By definition.

"And besides, the theory that life somehow began from a primordial soup is most certainly random, without purpose or explanation."

This is outside of evolution. You are referring to abiogenesis theory. It too is not random. It's based on the laws of chemistry, which are certainly not random. It certainly isn't without explanation either.

"This in and of itself does not make it wrong (though I believe that it is wrong), just describing what it is."

It describes it, but incorrectly.

[Ichneumon]

[Natural selection is not a random process.]

The theory of how it happened may not be random, but why it happened certainly is.

What do you mean, "why"? If you mean "why does natural selection exist", the answer is that it's a natural consequence of differential results due to variation. It's not as if some deity had to "install" a "law of selection" into the laws of the Universe. To the contrary, it would take a magic wand to *prevent* natural selection from inevitably arising when variability is present.

And besides, the theory that life somehow began from a primordial soup is most certainly random,

Wrong.

without purpose or explanation.

Wrong again.