Darwinian theory is that which means that surviving species or kinds in the matter of category come about as a matter of "natural selection" or sometimes described as that which is "survival of the fittest," that is without any divine guidance, but rather a result of natural forces more or less coming about by themselves. ("natural selection," or "survival of the fittest," depending on circumstances)
Absolutely horrible, desperately incomplete and misleading definition, you got there.
I give this definition an E-
The only reason I didn't give an F, is because you mentioned "natural selection".
That's actually on par with getting a point for not misspelling your name on a paper.
Care to try again?
It (life) did not start itself
Who says it did? Does H2O "form itself"? Does ice?
Or is it rather environmental circumstances in which such just spontanously forms according to the deterministic laws of physics / chemistry?
I'll go ahead and assume that this is what you actually mean and just expressed yourself in rather clumsy ways.
So anyhow, how have you determined that life can't / didn't form in that way?
How did you determine that some god created it instead?
Or is it rather a case that this is just what you believe because your religion tells you to?
, and vegetation and animal life did not come about by mechanical (biologic) means without divine guidance.
Again, evidence for this claim?
Or is it again rather a case of this just being what you believe because your religion requires you to?
The proof of divine creation is life itself.
The existence of life, in and of itself, is only evidence that life exists. Not how it came about.
If I look at a beautiful scene with trees and vegetation, I don't think "how nice--look what evolution did," but rather I think, "how beautiful," and I thank God and am in wonderment as to its beauty.
So, according to that logic, I'll assume that if you look at an ugly scene - many of which surely exist also, that you'll then conclude the opposite?
If not, then the "evidence" you cite does not tell you that which you claim it tells you.
Well... that, or you don't care that you hold a massively dishonest double standard.
Having said that, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. It's a subjective opinion. Not an actual factual property of something. Opinions aren't evidence of anything, except that the person who has the opinion, holds that opinion.
Evidence on the other hand, is something that is independently verifiable. Opinions aren't independently verifiable.
Having said all that............ your conclusion doesn't even follow. Even if we would say there is such a thing as "objective beauty", that doesn't lead you to a "god" by any means, let alone a "god did it".
Does this mean that I think each item on earth is divinely approved and created? No. But the fundamentals of life have been established by God.
Evidence for this claim?
Or is it yet again another instance of what you believe only because your religion requires you to believe it?
I hope this helps to explain how I view this. Does the continuance of life mean to me that God made things by the evolutionary process? (No, it does not, but He allows the force of life to move as it is currently.)
Do you realize and understand that all the evidence (the geological record, the fossil record, the genetic record, comparative anatomy, comparative genomics, geographic distribution of species, etc etc etc) goes directly against your claims here?