Everybody has the potential to do something wonderful and make the world a more colourful place for all. L ife is also fragile. T his planet is a harsh environment, with ice-ages, floods, hurricanes, volcanoes, solar radiation, meteorite bombardment, droughts and disease. R eligions teach that without a God, none of this would happen. If it were not for the direct action of a God, atoms would stop spinning, galaxies would break apart and the spark of life would fade from all plants and animals.
Evolution gets on with the job quite happily, and produces everything from seaweed to humming-birds.
The idea that every time a pair of organisms reproduce, God gets out his molecular toolbox and carefully snips and cuts their DNA in just the right way to ensure that things evolve in a seemingly natural manner is patently ludicrous. The fact that God did not do it makes it all the more interesting and marvellous. They live in environments where the temperature fluctuates from baking hot in the daytime to freezing cold at night. Life for them is hard. It is a struggle to survive.