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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank

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To: Solon who wrote (82162)1/15/2010 12:57:03 PM
From: Greg or e  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
"The best evidence shows that Flew was at the VERY MOST converted to an impersonal Deism."

That's not the point and does nothing to bolster your universal claim that: "There is not one iota of evidence." for any god. If you wish to continue to beat yourself around the head and neck with this rubber chicken, it will continue to be both entertaining and informative, at the same time.

"The Law of Parsimony does not even permit that conclusion."

Only an prior commitment to Atheism and an unwillingness to to consider the EVIDENCE" of "Big Bang Cosmology" could lead one to think that "the universe comes from nothing" is to be preferred over "the universe has a cause". Your position flies in the face of actual physical Laws. Big Bang Cosmology uses evidence to show that the universe had a beginning and therefore a cause. You may of course dispute that but to claim that it represents "not one iota of evidence" is to stretch credulity to it's breaking point.
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"As to your "evidence":
"Jeffrey Shallit, a Computer Scientist and Mathematican, reviewed the Meyer's "significant misunderstandings of information theory."[48] His review concluded: "Meyer's claims about information are incoherent in places and wildly wrong in others."

Of course the same obviously biased Wiki article points out that:
"It also garnered a positive review by philosopher Thomas Nagel, in The Times, who wrote "Signature in the Cell...is a detailed account of the problem of how life came into existence from lifeless matter – something that had to happen before the process of biological evolution could begin ... Meyer is a Christian, but atheists, and theists who believe God never intervenes in the natural world, will be instructed by his careful presentation of this fiendishly difficult problem." [42] Nagel submitted the book as his contribution to the "2009 Books of the Year" supplement for The Times, [43], which generated negative responses from individuals within the philosophical community."

Again your position is not that the EVIDENCE" is weak, but that it is non existent. That is simply an unsustainable statement for any reasonable person to make. We have noted however, that you are anything but reasonable.

That's two pieces of EVIDENCE" that points to the existence of God and there is plenty more. YOU LOSE! :)
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