"Frankly, I find it hard to believe that the degree of fine tuning evident in the interaction of moon and earth, not to mention many other factors involving planet earth, is a result of a chance impact with earth to form the moon"<br /><br />Why not, it's all science and chance. There's no need to invoke a creator. We're here because of universal laws, evolution and (from our perspective) a whole bunch of lucky breaks, the moon being a founding member of that cadre. If things had been different, if one of the bottlenecks had pinched shut or evolution favoured a different outcome then in the ages of earth some other intellect may have developed (may still do) with it's own beliefs. In which event yours would have never existed. <br />Considering the number of worlds there must be in the universe, it's hardly surprising that some will have the right conditions for the likes of us. Witless ideas like creators are not required..<br /><br />You seem to be fixated on how everything seems right or fine tuned like the axial tilt being just so, or the rotation speed right. Where's the sense. It isn't fine tuned, it isn't "just right", it's just what it is and the earth has developed in accordance with that, us along with it. If any of those factors were different then earths development would echo that, with or without humans. No tuning required or available. <br />The Universe has no requirement for gods, just people and that's their problem.