Proof that God Exists (615, permasaged)

408 Name: Anonymous Scientist : 2007-01-27 14:44 ID:5nQkvT9+

>> Oh come on, that old chestnut? That quote shows nothing but the utter ignorance of the person repeating it. I'll pretend you didn't say that.
> Perhaps you are pretending I did not say it because you cannot refute it? You certainly have not here.

There is nothing to refute - it is a completely non-sensical simile, which can easily be dismissed as being completely irrelevant. It shows a complete lack of understand of the role of randomness in evolution. Evolution is not about "random parts suddenly flying together to create a perfect whole", it's about small, random changes guided by strong external pressures.

> You have 'faith' that you have free will, and 'faith' that someday an explanation will arise that faith can be explained in an evolutionary framework.

Neither of these claims is true. I have no faith whatsoever in the fact that I have free will. I just assume I have because it seems like I do, and it is the simplest explanation. Nowhere did I say I believe this will be confirmed. I said it may be answered, in either the positive or the negative. Either is fine with me. I will figure out where to go from there once I am given that answer.

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