dhw: You have honestly admitted that your theories ultimately are based on irrational faith, and that is something I can accept. I can offer theories, but I have no belief. Someone’s irrational faith in one theory or another must be the truth, and so one way or another, I am wrong. However, if you wish to enter into a debate about your God’s purposes, methods and nature, I would suggest that an analysis of life’s history might provide a more convincing, less self-contradictory starting point than an attempt to fit the history into your preconceived wishes.

Nothing preconceived, but based on known facts with an analysis. I started agnostic.