The universe is magnifficent because it exists the way it does. The need to add a creating deity to its narrative in order to give it 'purpose' or 'meaning' is subjective and purely sentimental.

There's that orb energy.

Not to mention the vastness of space/time all imbued with this same creative urge to life.

As noted, reductionist is used brutally here. But "nothing more than" evolutionary forces? As if they aren't the most amazing, inspiring life forces one could imagine or ever see! Set beside the drab human imagination of fairy tales, ghosts & wizards, they tower above.

I've seen the white orbs with my own eyes. They were not reflections. We are not alone in the world.

Why does the vagus nerve in a giraffe make a 15 ft round trip to cross a gap of a few inches. The evolutionary reason is because giraffes, like all mammals, evolved from fishes. What is your 'design' reason?

Of interest: "The doctrine of randomness has simply been projected onto the phenomena of organic life as a matter of pre-existing philosophical commitment." thenewatlantis.com/publicati…

emergent spontaneous order is infinitely more complex and awe and wonder inspiring than "and then god made the zebra, and then god made the toad, and then god made the parasistic wasp". but i love you

The judgement that nature is beautiful comes entirely from the beholder: it isn't an innate quality of nature itself.