improvius
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| Quote (Henry J @ Mar. 22 2006,13:28) | Re "As for me, I don't have a problem with a low probability event from time to time. I have a problem with evolution seeming to require a steady diet of them."
Hmm. My guess is that any particular evolutionary event probably is improbable to some degree. But the important question isn't the improbability of a particular solution - rather it's the probability of some solution being reached. |
I always think of trees as a good example of this. Take any grown tree, and imagine its 3-dimensional outline, including branches, bark, leaves, roots, and all. Now try to figure out the odds of a given seed growing into that exact outline at that exact spot. I'd imagine they would look astronomically low. And yet, there's the tree! Against all odds, it has managed to fill that exact outline at that exact spot. Surely something as improbable as this must be evidence of a designer, right?
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| Quote (afdave @ Oct. 02 2006,18:37) | Many Jews were in comfortable oblivion about Hitler ... until it was too late.
Many scientists will persist in comfortable oblivion about their Creator ... until it is too late. |
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