[antiRepublicrat]

To make a long story short --- The calculations of British mathematician Roger Penrose show that the probability of universe conducive to life occurring by chance is 1 in 10^10123.

Those are his calculated odds for life as we know it existing. Those are not the odds of some life existing. If I roll a theoretical die with 10⁹⁹⁹⁹⁹ sides, the odds are 100% that it will land on one of the sides. Any one possible outcome is equally as likely as any other.

To put it another way, if I shuffle a deck of cards and look at the result, the probability is 1 that they are in that order (after all, they are). The odds go way down to one in 52! only when I bet a priori on that particular sequence of cards occurring after a shuffle (actually, 7 shuffles to get sufficient randomness). But if I bet on any sequence occurring? Probability is 1.

[SirLinksalot]

Those are his calculated odds for life as we know it existing. Those are not the odds of some life existing. If I roll a theoretical die with 1099999 sides, the odds are 100% that it will land on one of the sides. Any one possible outcome is equally as likely as any other.

Uh huh, and what are the odds that the die comes out sentient with the ability to reason and argue and to distinguish between right and wrong in 3.5 Million years ?

Sounds like a statement of faith to me.