First, telling me what I cannot accept based on a little correspondence between us is extremely naive. I don’t reject the ToE unless you consider neo-Darwinism and the ToE one in the same (see Dawkins et al.). For science to exclaim that there is no other reason other than ultimately purely natural causes for; mankind’s existence, morals, intelligence, the beauty we see, love, and our consciousness - is exponentially more naïve then your statement due to how it reduces our very being (especially with science having infinitely less knowledge with the limited correspondence it has had with our universe and the limits science now imposes).
It is one thing to say we are made up of natural matter and materials, but entirely different to say that we are the ultimate result of the aforementioned with both meaning and purpose being an imaginary construct within our ‘material mind’.
One big difference between me and you is that if scientific evidence or observation emerged that totally discounted the ToE, my whole world or belief system would not come crashing down. It would actually be pretty exciting!
This, again, is naïve. I at one time allowed myself to view the world through the eyes of purely and ultimately natural causes. I became a Christian and my belief system ’did’ come crashing down (and hard). But, I must admit, it is very exciting.
Merry Christmas to you and your family LiberalGunNut.
And Betty, Merry Christmas to you and your family. (We will have a house full of young and old this year - pray for us;-) May God’s blessings continue to be with you (I hope that you guys have great success with your book)
Thanks for your splendid post!