DAVID: Your supposition is much more complex than my simple suggestion of a first cause mind. > > dhw: I cannot see why the idea that matter combines itself in "intelligent" ways should be regarded as more complex than the idea of an infinite and eternal, self-aware intellect, with no provenance, that deliberately creates universes on the one hand and DNA on the other.-There is a whole section of theological thought that describes God as very simple. It is the result of that simplicity's actions that you view as very complex.