From: me22over7@gmail.com   
      
   On 2/02/2026 4:21 pm, Vincent Maycock wrote:   
   > On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 09:18:56 +1100, MarkE  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2/02/2026 7:59 am, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:   
   >>> On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 06:57:31 +1100   
   >>> MarkE  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 2/02/2026 1:55 am, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:   
   >>> []   
   >>>   
   >>>>> I came to see what recent advances there had been on how life began.   
   >>>>> 'Goddidit' isn't a satisfactory answer.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> What if, in reality, God did it?   
   >>>>   
   >>> Then he's a rubbish creator, if it takes 4 billion years to get any   
   >>> worshipper feedback.   
   >>>   
   >>> What if I asked you a trick question with a huge suppostion in it?   
   >>> e.g.   
   >>> Do you feel some deep insecurity about life that you need a 'god'   
   >>> to comfort you?   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Marx's "opium of the people"?   
   >>   
   >> Certainly, recognise one's worldview and the risk of confirmation bias   
   >> etc that it brings. I try to argue on the basis of science, as best I   
   >> can. But who of us is free from the influence of our preconceptions and   
   >> beliefs?   
   >>   
   >> Similarly, do you reject God   
   >   
   > You mean reject the idea of God.  After all, there's no God there to   
   > reject.   
   >   
   >> because the idea of moral accountability is   
   >> uncomfortable?   
   >   
   > No, that can't be it.  There's no reason to be morally accountable to   
   > some Cosmic Designer.   
   >   
      
   On what basis do you assert that?   
      
   A creator may well have expectations of their creation.   
      
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