If the Universe is conscious and intentionally created mankind, then evolution is actually I.D.

I hope we have a fun and informative debate. PURPOSE: My purpose in this debate is to refute my honorable opponent's claim that evolution is intelligent and amounts to what is basically a God similar in many respects to modern religion. The core of his claim is that our world is so seemingly eready-made for life and the chance of life appearing is so phenomenally low that life on Earth had to be created. This argument is not all too difficult to defeat- a lottery win seems unlikely, until you consider all the millions of losers. My adversary begins with an example of his case-a jet just appearing in the middle of nowhere, naturally come together by wind and erosion. Pro says that the best logical solution is that it was created. On this earth, Jumbo Jets are more or less physically impossible to have come to being simply by these desolate factors. But what about other planets, even other Universes? Out of the trillions and trillions of planets that make up our universe and beyond, don't you think that one of them has just the right conditions to put together a jumbo jet? Odds may still be unlikely, but far less impossible. Because when conditions are just right, even on one small pinpoint of one small land mass of one small planet of one small solar system of one small galaxy, something wonderful and complex can be created just like that. And here, dear friends, is the crux of my point, so read carefully. The chance of life, even one tiny single-celled organism, being spontaneously created is so incredibly small that our minds cannot comprehend them; but there are so many planets out there, that our minds cannot even begin to comprehend them. 100-200 billion just in our own small galaxy, out of millions of others. (1) Don't you think that out of the incomprehensible number of planets in the universe, that at some point in history, at least one would have the perfect conditions to yield life? When you compare the two, I think you'll find that life being spontaneously created is not only possible, it's likely. My honorable opponent says "In the Rounds that follow, I will present arguments to demonstrate not only that the universe is intelligent and conscious, but that it also intentionally created complex biological life to satisfy the existential need for intelligent companionship. " So, readers, what my opponent has to prove is the following: the natural, proven processes of the universe came together, gravity binding us in perfect array to the sun, climate coming together, asteroids hitting the earth in just the right places, and the atmosphere intentionally being put perfectly together just so, over the course of billions of years, the intelligent human life form we are today could come into existence. All done intentionally. And just to top it off, this intelligent form decided to leave the trillions and trillions of other planets in the Universe barren and uninhabitable, and decided to put a black hole in the middle of our galaxy, and created atoms to only make up 4% of the Universe, just for us? (2) I don't think so, reader, and neither should you. THE IMPROBABILITY OF THE FIRST LIFEFORMS? My opponent cites several quotes for this argument, not seeming to realize that quotes are not automatically correct. He wishes to prove his earlier case, which I rebutted in the introduction. However, not only is life being spontaneously created possible, but it has been partially successfully done, in the Miller-Urey experiment. Recreating the conditions of Earth billions of years ago, scientists Stanley Miller and Harold Urey created, out of nothing, amino acids, a macromolecule, one of four required to make a living thing. (3) QUESTIONS Of course, that is not my opponent's argument. His rebuttal is that the processes of the Universe intentionally created our Earth and us. If that is what he honestly thinks, then I have some questions for him. 1. How do you know these forces are intelligent? Because life is too complex for them not to be? Then why did they make a sun which would eventually explode and kill us all? Or a black hole in the center of the galaxy which may eventually swallow us? 2. What are the physical dimensions of these beings? If they are just processes, then what gives them their intelligence? Is there a master brain somewhere? Can you prove it? 3. Do these beings want good for humanity and for the Earth, and can you prove either way? I think you will find, readers, that my opponent can not answer, and much less support, claims about his own theory. In conclusion, this debate boils down to one point, which I believe I have already clearly taken: while life is incredibly improbable to have been created spontaneously, the chances of one of the almost infinite number of planets in the Universe having just the right conditions to create intelligent life is the opposite, probable. Look at this way-your chance of winning a lottery with 1 billion entries is impossibly low, but someone will win, and everyone else loses. Just because you beat a billion to one odds does not mean the competition was rigged for you to win, it means everyone else lost. Thank you, honorable opponent, for the opportunity to debate this, and I look forward to your next entry. (1) . http://scienceblogs.com... (2) . http://blogs.discovermagazine.com... (3) . http://www.chem.duke.edu...