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1. Through some random process that required no stimultion or design life has evolved to its current form. (Atheism)
2. An intelligent designer set the process in motion and then abscented him/herself from the process. (Deism)
3. There is an intelligent designer manipulting the process in order to achieve a particular outcome. This choice also raises the question of whether there is constant or occasional manipulation.(Theism)
These seem to cover all the bases. I believe that not all microevolutionary processes are undirected. There is growing evidence that some processes are the result of mechanisms instead of pure chance-mutations, natural selection and some other processes. So I'm all for #3, and yes there is an element of faith in that choice.
Atheists shun the concept of faith, so you will have a hard time getting proponents of #1 to admit an element of faith. You would probably have more luck pulling a camel through the eye of a needle.
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