I simply feel we as a species owe our advanced nature as compared to the rest of the species on this planet to an "outside" force, not a random bolt of lightning that fused a couple of amino acids together in a totally unexpected way a few billion years ago. Since neither party has definite proof, I feel I'm on relatively safe ground with my statement.
With only one frame of reference to base our opinions, how can we quantitely assess that Homo Sapiens are so far more "advanced" than our fellow animals. We are animals as well and we are not particular unique in the ability to use language for communication nor tools for manipulating our environment. To an outside intelligence, we may infact be indistiguishable from our animal kin. A chimp in the wild may believe itself to be more advanced than a lemur without realizing that Homo Sapiens exist.
The argument toting our "advanced" abilities as a sign of divine influence may hold little water.
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