The current scientific theory of creation requires us to assume that all of this arose from a random quantum fluctuation that got expanded to massive scale by cosmological inflation. It doesn't require the existence of an underlying purpose or a superhuman entity guiding creation, but it doesn't preclude it either.
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But once you start accepting the idea that random quantum fluctuations can influence large scale processes, you've opened the door to Boltzmann brains http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... and who is to say there *aren't* superhuman sapient entities floating around in our universe?
- Victor Ganata
*cue appearance of Q*
- Micah
"...who is to say there aren't superhuman sapient entities floating around in our universe?" - agnosticism in a nutshell.
- Bren
The same people who reject Russell's Teapot.
- Heather
The difference is that Russell's Teapot doesn't affect your existence even if it exists, while a Boltzmann brain very well might.
- Victor Ganata
Boltzmann brains are, probably, a delicacy in some multiverses.
- Micah