Is the universe that you can see, completely random?

Asked By: puck61 51-55, M 3 months ago

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Posted by GTR1400 Feb 1st, 2013 at 3:26PM

What we see is the interplay of contingency and randomness acting within natural forces.

Sorta the same as biological evolution. Contingency conspiring with natural selection to sort through random change from selected phenotypes at each generation. It gives the impression of directionality when there really is none. For all intents and purposes, multicellular life, including us, are nearly outliers in the mass of Biological life.

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Reply by puck61 Feb 1st, 2013 at 3:40PM

Sort of like the way warm water and a certain pressure caused inorganic elements to form the very basics of organic matter? Simply the combination of elements and environment under the ideal physical circumstances for the end result to be programmed DNA and there is not necessarily a programmer other than reality?
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Reply by GTR1400 Feb 1st, 2013 at 8:10PM

Your comment is so wrong on so many levels that one boggles at attempting to unravel all the lies it contains. Your tactic is called the "Gish Gallop" - trying to pack so many falsities into as little time as possible that it is impossible to answer coherently without also providing a graduate degree in biology. SHITHEAD.
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Posted by jeanemae Feb 1st, 2013 at 2:37PM

The universe isn't random. Things have an order and a reason. We just happen to be such small cogs..that we can't see most of them. It doesn't require a belief in intelligent design to come to that conclusion...but an acknowledgement that any time we understand something..we see the logic of it..and so if we don't understand something...that does not follow that that thing has no logic...especially considering that we may yet understand it tomorrow.

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Posted by peza Feb 1st, 2013 at 2:25PM

Random rules.

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Posted by bijouxbroussard Feb 1st, 2013 at 2:24PM

Yes. Even waking up every morning, while likely, is not promised.

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Posted by NamelessRyan Feb 1st, 2013 at 2:23PM

Not completely. I've yet to see purple sandwiches blip into existance, and Mars suddenly turn into a giant truck or anything.

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Reply by LivingDavid Feb 1st, 2013 at 2:24PM

Than YOU for the laugh... lol!
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Reply by NamelessRyan Feb 1st, 2013 at 2:25PM

You're welcome :~D
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Posted by LoneBlogger Feb 1st, 2013 at 5:32PM

I see a lot of order and a harmony of many things that have complimented each other. There is some randomness that makes for more interest, but I just can't see it all as being without some greater force having a hand in it all.

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Reply by puck61 Feb 1st, 2013 at 6:06PM

Neither can I.
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Posted by EarthlingWise Feb 1st, 2013 at 2:32PM

I believe there are several possibilities and some get real. There is intelligence in life, something far bigger than any god that was ever conceived of.

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Posted by LivingDavid Feb 1st, 2013 at 2:23PM

Just the opposite... I see complete order; our solar system in particular, but I'd guess all of it. I haven't exactly studied astronomy, but I speak from faith and my understanding of the Bible and God.

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Reply by puck61 Feb 1st, 2013 at 2:27PM

I believe too, but I'm a heretic to be certain.
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Reply by LivingDavid Feb 1st, 2013 at 2:32PM

Help me understand, if you want... what do you mean by 'heretic'?
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Posted by TheJudgernaut Feb 1st, 2013 at 2:22PM

All depends on your personal perspective.

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Reply by puck61 Feb 1st, 2013 at 2:24PM

true that.
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