Comments for What "God Said" Matters at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 3 out of 3 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:06:56 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/what-qgod-saidq-matters.html#comment-6761 Excellent post! And excellent response Michael Paterson-Seymour! Thats something we should take into account, randomness and chance are two very different things indeed. - Aeneas Thu, 12 May 2011 11:14:06 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/what-qgod-saidq-matters.html#comment-6747 Excellent. Where can I find Benedict XVI's thoughts on these matters? - Dan Deeny Wed, 11 May 2011 06:05:08 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/what-qgod-saidq-matters.html#comment-6746 Thank you for an excellent article However, when you say that the tenets of evolution "involve appeals at some level to randomness and chance in the processes of change," I am far from convinced that we should equate the two. The ordinary meaning of "random" is "uncorrelated." A random series of numbers is one no term of which is determined by any other; it cannot be generated by any algorithm shorter than itself. The numbers of my friends, stored on my cell phone are a random series, but that series is certainly not the product of blind chance, but has been created (by me) with a rational purpose. Similarly “random mutations” cannot be correlated with preceding events or environmental factors, but we need not conclude from that, that they are the product of mere “chance” - a rather slippery term - Michael Paterson-Seymour Wed, 11 May 2011 02:15:24 +0100