Quote Originally Posted by UnitedWeFall
What amazes me is that people actually believe this world was created from nothing. It actually baffles me. There's this flower that grows in South Africa that puts off the smell of cat urine to get rid of animals. Now my question is - when the plant was first "created", how the hell did it know what cat piss smelt like!?
That's just an example, but my point is that I fully believe this place had to be created by some higher power (i.e. God.)

I assume you mean the living world, since those who opt for science have their own theories about how the planet came into being, too. Or are you referring to how the universe came into being? In any case, I don't see why the lack of a deistic god would mean the universe had to come from nothing. Maybe it's always existed? Just because the universe is expanding doesn't necessarily mean it sprang out of nothing, right? It just suggests that the energy was contracted into a very small point, which then exploded, sending shrapnel in the form of matter flying in every direction... who's to say the universe isn't in an infinite cycle of expanding and contracting, breathing and living in and of itself? That's one thing that has always puzzled me about the big bang. Every explanation I've read mentions that the theory is supported by the direction that galaxies are moving and the existence of cosmic radiation, but never read anywhere why that's assumed to be the beginning of the universe. Hmmm...

Oh, and as for the plant thing you mentioned... why wouldn't natural selection be plausible in explaining that? The plant wouldn't have to know what cat piss smelled like. It would just have to genetically mutate into a strain that happened to smell a bit like piss.. causing animals to leave it alone, which in turn allowed it to live and reproduce more successfully. The smelly genetics were passed on, and as time went by the species bame more efficient at deterring animals. Of course, there are far more intricate examples that are harder to explain with natural selection alone. For that I like to think that there might be some kind of Jung... collective unconscious thing happening that leads to these more advanced mutations.. 'course I have nothing to back that up with, but personally I find something like that more logical than the universe being created by some outside deity.