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The planets formed because that is simply how gravity and matter interact. There's no reason to suppose that divine intervention was required. It was Napoleon's astronomer Laplace who said "I have searched the heavens with my telescope and I have found no sign of God."
When he later revealed his new sun-centered model of the solar system, Napoleon responded by saying "But where is God in this model?"
"But sir..." replied Laplace, "this model works perfectly well without God"
As an anti-theist, I must avoid the obvious allusions to a celestial dictatorship and omni-creator, lest I be chased from the village by sycophants with burning torches, pitchforks and banhammers.
Now are we talking about how the planets actually formed or Raptor Jesus..?
Last edited by Captain Zero; 10 Sep 2009 at 05:31.