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Originally posted by Yorick:
The odds of a speck of dust spontaneously becoming life, in a warm pond, purely by chance strikes me as unlikely in the extreme. The odds of it happening are apparently the same as a person winning the lottery 200 times in a row. (20 kazillion to one) Something that is a theoretical possiblity, but which if it occurred would be presumed to have SOMEONE BEHIND IT, manipulating the outcome.
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The odds of some God that spontaneously decided to create Earth and creatures on it, as if by a whim, strikes me as unlikely in the extreme.
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Originally posted by Yorick:
Creationism is a consistent theory that has remained unchanged for thousands of years.
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Possibly because there's no way for people to gain more information on it besides having faith that there is a God there, whereas evolution is backed by scientific evidence that's tangible and shows that evolution probably does occur in the world.
In conclusion, to each their own. I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. If a one true almighty being does exist, well then, I'll find out when I die I guess. Who's to say we aren't just figments of a dream, that we aren't truly alive? It's possible. Perhaps extremely huge mortal humanoids created us as a play thing, that we are a mere speck in an acutally MUCH bigger world, and the humanoids have forgotten us under their bed. Personally, I don't worry about it, I have many other things to worry about, such as school, my job, my girlfriend, my hobbies. I just sit back and take each day as it comes.
Anyway, that's my [img]graemlins/twocents.gif[/img]
(This thread can't be heading in a good direction.)
[ 04-19-2002, 06:36 PM: Message edited by: Krishach ]