> Remember the context of this discussion:  Intelligent design
> theory.  It is
> the opinion of the author of the web page I cited that
> natural selection
> performs all the functions of an intelligent designer, which
> was formerly
> known as God, Christian or otherwise.  In other words, he is
> saying that we
> have merely swapped one definition of God for another when we
propose
> natural selection as the the Designer.
> ....
> In general, theologians have always pondered how we got here
> and why we are
> here.  These are questions that evolution tries to answer as well.

I don't see it. Evolution provides an answer--that appears to be
elegant, consistent, and complete--to "how"; I don't see anything
anywhere in it that remotely tries to address "why". Which is why this
"you must choose God or evolution" thing seems so stupid to me:
allowing only one of them means that you'll always be "wrong", because
you'll have only part of the answer.

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