I agree with you, but the problem is it cannot be proved conclusively. While throwing ink in the air to produce a perfect copy of the Mona Lisa is very, very improbable, it’s not impossible. It could also happen on the first try. If we’re talking about our own creation rather than ink and the Mona Lisa, the perfect circumstances would have to exist, or we wouldn’t exist. That’s why we’d be located the proper distance from the sun on a planet with the right amount of water, etc.
Of course, I’m a creationist. Not knowing the math myself, I think the probability of us occuring is very, very low—far, far lower than your Mona Lisa example. I find it much easier to believe in a Creator—a cause for our effect. I also find Christ’s teachings to be the best explanation for what I see around me. Therefore, I’m a Christian. I can’t prove Christ was right. That’s where the faith comes in.
No it couldnt. The complexity of the image precludes this. This is why ‘infinity’ is cited in such arguments; something incalculably large is needed to lend plausibility to an argument that damn well needs the crutch. Calculating back from infinity is as ridiculous as calculating infinity.