Two possibilities of human origins and its effects upon any philosophical outlook?

Ed Lonegan September 30, 2019 at 01:32 1625 views 2 comments General Philosophy

Given that there are only two possibilities of human origins -- either human life is the result of some intelligent design or it is not (ie. a random phenomenon, best explained by science), what is this surety's effect upon any coherent, consistent philosophy.

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Ed Lonegan September 30, 2019 at 01:44 ¶ #335859 0 likes

I noticed that post within minutes of mine already have pages of responses. Guess I stumped the entire forum. Or, in the words of the immortal Bea Arthur, responding to Mel Brooks, who stated that his profession was a stand-up philosopher, Ms. Arthur stated "oh you're a bullshitter.

Pantagruel October 03, 2019 at 12:56 ¶ #337401 0 likes

Maybe because your proposition seems to be substantive, but isn't, as it is open-ended. Either A is true, or not-A is true. But not-A could be B, or C, or D, or E.... Not being the result of intelligent design could actually be any number of interesting things.....