[shunyadragon]

</span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (Warren,)
Was Life Designed to Evolve?  This is the question I'm interested in exploring. I haven't seen anything coming from either atheistic evolutionists or young earth creationists that is helpful to me. Any suggestions?<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>

This question was dismissed by many of those that posted. Atheists may back away because the question may raise the point of 'intelligent design'. Some theists reject the notion because of the mention of evolution. Theists challenge 'evolution' by saying these complex events surely could not come about by 'chance' or random events'.

Modern math and science is aware of this issue and the results of recent research may suprize many. About fifty years ago a new mathematical relationship was discovered. It became known as the 'chaos theory'. The origins were in the nature of different types of equations in math, linear and nonlinear. Linear equations have very predictable results where nonlinear equations tend to give variable results, especially in complex equations where multiple variables are involved. Research into the 'chaos theory' was inspired by research into relationships in nature that were difficult to predict, like weather, stock and comodity market prices, and genetic mutations.

The research into 'chaos theory' found that there is an underlying pattern in all natural events in existence. In other words nothing happens that is truely random or occurs by chance. The application of the 'chaos theory' was found in everything from roles of dice to the shape of tiger stripes, maple leaves and clouds. There was an underlying pattern to all these events that could be expressed in 'chaos theory'. The individual roles of the dice appeared random, but the pattern of the occurance of the the different numbers showed a pattern. No two sets of tiger stripes, maple leaves or clouds were exactly the same, but they all fit within each design. The pattern of their occrance could be expressed as a chaos relationship. Chaos theory has a specific constant determined in the formulas which determines the nature and range of variability of any equation.

Weather fit this model very well. The difference between the ability to make short term and long term predictions in weather fit the chaos theory, so modern computer programs us this to improve weather predictions and understand the limites of weather prediction.

Scientists began to study the origins of life and the evolution of species in light of the math of 'chaos theory' and found the dice were loaded. For example, there are only certain combinations and patterns for the combination and recombination of proteins in a given natural environment. With the proteins present under a certain range of environmental conditions these combinations will eventually form. Once the very primative life forms formed scientists found by using computer models that higher life forms could only form a certain set of geometries from these primative forms. In Precambrian rocks almost all these forms were found as predicted.

The present theories of the events of existence is that everything from galaxies to solar systems to planets to life were designed by the limits of nature of the laws and materials of existence. Given the same conditions another universe would form similar to this one, Giiven another solar system similar to ours another planet like earth would form and life would evolve similar to ours.

You may consider this the creative acts of God or just the natural course of existence as scientist like Gould support. But either way science no longer believes anything takes place by chance or random events. The dice are loaded.