There's a old adage, the truth usually lies somewhere in between two oppositional tales.
The two tales which for so long have defined, if not distorted the teleological narrative of life are of course, deism and Darwinism. Both these 'meta-narratives' are wrong. In this blog I propose a third, perhaps agnostic alternative to these two biased and occasionally loony teleological extremes.
Deism and Creationism
Without descending into a mile long long-winded dissertation on the theological interpretation of the nature of life, deism essentially argues for the principle of arbitrarinesses. That is a divine being - god - elected to create the universe as we understand it. The element of choice and arbitrariness is crucial to any understanding of creationism.
Darwinism and Microbiological Opportunism
At the other end of the teleological spectrum sits evolutionism, exemplified by the Big Bang theory. At the heart of the BB model lies the astrobiological theme of opportunistic molecular creationism - by chance a collision and opportunistic 'collusion' of sub atomic matter fused to manufacture a hot planet; a hotbed of micro-organisms which eventually evolved through chance to deliver life as we know it. The element and singularity of chance or fluke is fundamental to any understanding of astrobiological evolutionism.
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In Between: Compulsive Creation
