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Originally Posted by koop
I think the argument is based on circular reasoning.
1. Life can only be created by free choice. 2. Free choice is only free if it iincludes the freedom to change your mind. 3. If there is life present then the "creator" had free choice. 4. Therefore the creator has the power to change its (her) mind.
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I'm not completely sure I agree it's circular but I was trying to draw out the implications of a view of existence in which things are not necessary.
The alternative is the existence Kuan described in which responsiblity, freedom and simple acts which attempt to modify nature such as 'taking an aspirin' to relieve a headache seem to have intellectual inconsistencies insofar as acts like that are admissions that the universe is not as good as we wish it was.