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To: LiveBait

“The fact that life appeared on a planet that happened to be hospitable to life is not exactly a miracle.”

You should read up on what it takes to be “hospitable to life” and ask yourself if it’s all a coincidence/accident. Or, perhaps you’d rather sit back and smugly scoff.

http://www.amazon.com/Privileged-Planet-Cosmos-Designed-Discovery/dp/0895260654/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/105-5157104-6285216?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191855574&sr=8-2


258 posted on 10/08/2007 8:00:32 AM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: MrB

“Master Pangloss taught the metaphysico-theologo cosmolonigology. He could prove to admiration that there is no effect without a cause; and, that in this best of all possible worlds, the Baron’s castle was the most magnificent of all castles, and My Lady the best of all possible baronesses.

“’It is demonstrable,’ said he, ‘that things cannot be otherwise than as they are; for as all things have been created for some end, they must necessarily be created for the best end. Observe, for instance, the nose is formed for spectacles, therefore we wear spectacles. The legs are visibly designed for stockings, accordingly we wear stockings. Stones were made to be hewn and to construct castles, therefore My Lord has a magnificent castle; for the greatest baron in the province ought to be the best lodged. Swine were intended to be eaten, therefore we eat pork all the year round: and they, who assert that everything is right, do not express themselves correctly; they should say that everything is best.”

I prefer to smugly scoff.


259 posted on 10/08/2007 8:11:35 AM PDT by LiveBait
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