dhw: This is no more logical than the hypothesis that, miraculously, intelligence began by evolving from interacting energy and matter, and as it evolved, it became increasingly complex (which is the nature of the evolutionary process, if you believe in common descent.) -Remember I believe in a guided or planned common descent. I see nothing in your energy/matter interplay that has guidance. It just happens. This is our difference in thought. You are still very influenced by Darwin.