[narby]

Whether the event was God's will or an "accident" makes all the difference in the world.

What's the difference?

If you have a car wreck tonight, was it God's will, or an accident? If you believe God has His hands in everything, then it was Gods will. If you belive otherwise, then it was just an accident. In either case, it happened, and the outcome is the same.

Same with Neaderthals. Whether you believe God did it or it was just an accident, it happened. The outcome was the same. There's no way to tell the difference between the two objectively. The only way to "know" is by your personal faith, which can be anything you want it to be, and so doesn't clear up the question.

[PetroniusMaximus]

"What's the difference?"

The difference is whether or not we live in a rational, understandable universe created by an intelligent being or whether we live in an giant, anomalous accident where chaos reigns supreme and where all things are equally valueless accidents.



"If you believe God has His hands in everything, then it was Gods will. If you believe otherwise, then it was just an accident."

Our "belief" in anything does not make it so. I might "believe" the moon is made of cheese - that does not make it so. The issue is whether or not there is any objective basis for our belief.


I believe the objective evidence for the existence of a creator God far outweighs the evidence that the universe was an accident.