If we (humans) are accidental, then we would not have the capability to disregard our “natural instincts” (what the body demands of us), yet we do have the ability to do so (by the power of our own free will).
How could it be possible for an accidental inanimate object to slowly gain consciousness over time?
To further your understanding of this concept:
“Think for a minute of a marble table in front of you. Do you think that, given a trillion years or infinite time, this table could suddenly or gradually become conscious, aware of its surroundings, aware of its identity the way you are” (Flew, 163)?
The thought that this could happen is simply impractical and would be a miracle within itself. Physical matter of any sort cannot simply gain consciousness- the ability to think, to have an identity, to feel emotion, to say I.
Could we have been made from nothing, by accident, with no purpose... yet have consciousness and the ability to think and feel emotion?
This is profoundly inconceivable.
Evidence of a divine creator remains inevitable.
Sources:
Flew, Antony, and Roy Abraham. Varghese. There Is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind. HarperOne, 2008.
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