Originally Posted by JoeBob
Originally Posted by DBT
Originally Posted by JoeBob
Originally Posted by DBT
Originally Posted by JoeBob
Yet the pro bowler doesn’t rely on random chance. He throws the ball exactly as he intends so that at every inch of the way down it is doing exactly as he intends.


Natural evolution is not a matter of 'random chance' - what works survives, what doesn't falls by the waste-side....the world is littered with the remains of species that failed to adapt.


Of course, it’s random chance. The fact that some random chances result in organisms more suited to survival than others is, indeed the entire theory.


The world isn't random, chemistry and physics is not random, evolution is not random, organisms evolve in response to their environment, not randomly. What doesn't work falls by the wayside, which is not random, it is deterministic....the macro world being deterministic.


It’s only deterministic in hindsight. Explain to me the mechanism by which the environment influences an organism to make a specific beneficial change or mutation.


The environment forces the organism/species to adapt or perish. The mechanisms of adaption are described in the theory of evolution, and already outlined in this thread numerous times.

Your alternative being magical creation, for which there is no physical mechanism or evidence.