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To: jonno
What is the alternative to chance? There is a more plausible answer…

Which to some sounds like you're just throwing up your hands and saying, "It's too complicated for me to understand. It must be magic."

30 posted on 03/26/2015 10:25:17 AM PDT by Bubba Ho-Tep
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep
Which to some sounds like you're just throwing up your hands and saying, "It's too complicated for me to understand. It must be magic."

"Magic" is as good a word as any for much of what goes on in the Universe. I've long been aware that there are certain characteristics of our Solar system that makes life possible on Planet earth, and the other day I saw an article where they noted there are approximately 200 of these relatively unique characteristics, the lack of which would have prevented Life from developing on Earth.

At the quantum level, we have numerous weird effects (such as quantum superposition) that might as well be characterized as some sort of "magic."

Both Macroscopically, and Microscopically, we see weird and bizarre events that we simply can't explain. "Magic" is as good a description as any.

35 posted on 03/26/2015 11:24:48 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep; DiogenesLamp
Which to some sounds like you're just throwing up your hands...

Not necessarily. As DL alludes to, we on the planet Earth have truly been winners of at least one "universal lottery" - winning against astronomical odds.

Is it not reasonable when considering the design of our DNA that there was a Designer? Considering the odds of our design happening by chance are to me as silly as entering the lottery (which by comparison, the chances of me actually winning are much, MUCH more higher).

So no, concluding that a Designer is more logical than chance doesn't mean that I've thrown up my hands, or thrown in the towel, or that I abrogate my critical thinking.

On the contrary; like many others I approach life having a confidence that nature is ordered, that there is structure and purpose, and that if I choose I can dive into the mysteries, exploring that structure and try to gain an understanding.

The alternative? Well let me ask you this: have you thrown your hands in the air claiming "there CAN'T be a designer!". And have you made "Time" your "God"? Because - as you suggest - given enough "Time" EVERYTHING seems to be possible.

53 posted on 03/27/2015 6:07:00 AM PDT by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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