If I meet a guy named, say, Thomas Aquinas, I can easily inquire about his teleology. Or purported such, at any rate! But how do you inquire about the teleology of the universe? I mean, have you ever asked it? Exactly.
There are only two ways, I think, to "prove" teleology on a cosmic scale. One is by philosophical speculation. Neo-Thomism, say. Which is bunk. The other is by direct divine revelation. To the Catholic Church, perhaps? But we already know that there are thousands of such revelations, all contradicting each other. So it seems we can´t really demonstrate teleology.
Which doesn´t necessarily mean that God or the Divine doesn´t exist. Perhaps there really isn´t teleology, all just being Shiva´s play. Or perhaps the purposes of God are unfathomable to mere humans. Or perhaps they are only unfathomable during the "Kali Yuga"? Perhaps we have to get use to only seeing part of the way, the path immidiately ahead of us, instead of creating vast speculative Systemen...
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