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mikehager
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Message 6 of 208 (160163)
11-16-2004 4:04 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by mike the wiz
11-16-2004 12:22 PM


Invocation of the supernatural.
Mutation can certainly be explained by invocation of the supernatural. Anything can. The explanation "god did it" is quite capable of covering any possible circumstance, if one accepts it for any circumstance.
Personally, the above is one small reason I don't accept "god did it" for anything. It can explain all and it allows people who accept it even once to turn off their brains if they want. This is not to say that all creationists do.

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mikehager
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Message 40 of 208 (160614)
11-17-2004 4:18 PM
Reply to: Message 39 by mike the wiz
11-17-2004 3:54 PM


Re: Back on the Mikey-Go-Round
People just aren't stupid enough to think that there is no God...
I must take issue with this blanket statement. Many people are of the opinion there is no god. I am one. While many of those people are stupid (as most of any group of people will be), some are not. I am one.
You go on to say:
The fact is, that natural aspects alone, are not sufficient concerning information.
I do not accept that proposition. I would like to discuss it. To do so, let us first agree on a definition of "information". The definition of information as given by Claude Shannon at Bell Labs (who is generally considered the originator of information theory) does not seem to apply here. That definition concerns the amount of uncertainty in an flow of data. What do you mean when you say "information" in this context?
I am also curious about the following:
It all comes back to unavoidable purpose and intent - which you're unable to refute.
Are you proposing that life or existence (of anything) has some kind of purpose? If so, what purpose do you propose for Homo Sapiens? Is it the same for all or is it different for each individual? Also, how can one determine what that purpose is, for a person or any other object?
Once I understand what you mean, perhaps I will be able to refute it.

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mikehager
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Message 197 of 208 (171769)
12-27-2004 5:21 PM
Reply to: Message 196 by MrHambre
12-27-2004 4:52 PM


Re: Irrefutable mike strikes
Actually, I think the point really is, "Mike the Wiz says there is a God, so there is."
That's really the only argument he's ever made.

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