dhw: Incidentally, you will have noted that the above supernova scenario has your God possibly leaving an ENORMOUS amount to chance.-Not so. The exploding supernovas and all other exploding stars bathed the universe in life-giving elements, which could work toward life only after the proper planet appeared to offer a stabilizing platform, about 9.3 billion years after the Big Bang. It can be seen as a progressive well-thought-out plan.