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You're saying these arguments strengthen the Divine Intervention theory against the theory that life evolved with no external input. Do you think they strengthen to a similar degree the theory that intelligent aliens came to earth and created many separate species here?

Hard to see how evidence against the No External Input theory could strengthen the Divine Intervention theory more than the Alien Intervention theory.

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Aliens would be finite, but complex organisms requiring explanation themselves. They would be external to our solar system, but not external to the natural order/the cosmos. The question is which type of external input is required by my arguments.

Most ID advocates would say that their arguments require some intelligence to create life, could be God or aliens. Infinite regress would be the reason to go for God rather than aliens.

I would probably agree that my argument only proves the need for intelligence, however, I think that there’s an argument right nearby that would contend for “external to the natural order” intelligence. Creating organismic life goes beyond the capacity of any finite, living being.

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