Dear friends,
In another discussion I was asked indiacte my own views on this matter that
we have been discussing here in the Creationism thread. I thought that
Creationism was really a dead question (except for those who choose to read
such things as the Bible literally) and so stopped contributing to the
thread, but was left with what I do think of as a real issue: Within the
dynamics of evolution can we see _any_ thing that would suggest even a
non-human, non-conscious, non-moral purpose?
I am mindful that Stafford Beer posits that the "purpose: of system is what
it does, but in our use of the term 'purpose' I think we are talking about
something more than.
I wrote and share with you here the following, in the hope that we can
revive this thread along the lines suggested above:
"Teleologists assert that there is a purpose to evolution. Teleologists
include de Chardin (humans are evolving toward a god-like status, the Omega
Point), and the 'intelligent design' neo-creationists (only an intelligence
could have created the complex systems that we are today). My own view is
that evolution has happened through a set of dynamics that are 'natural' and
not the poduct of any design or purpose, and that, now, we humans are able
to become co-responsible with these natural dynamics for our future
evolution. That is, we are _bringing_ our own purpose to it. We are becoming
self-actuating, self-purposing."
I am finishing a book on this and would love to hear your thoughts.
Best regards to all,
Lawry
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