That’s a point I always use when discussing this topic with evolutionist...
Typically just makes them mad...
Then i throw Pascals wager at them.
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Popman post #60: "That’s a point I always use when discussing this topic with evolutionist...
Typically just makes them mad..."
Strictly defined, in science there's no belief, no faith, no doctrine and no theory is ever 100% "settled".
All explanations are subject to change if/when new data or better ideas are found.
So, if somebody tells you, you have to believe in evolution, that's a lie.
What science does instead is accept, conditionally and temporarily, ideas that best fit all the available data.
In natural history, evolution has been the dominant idea, greatly modified over the past 150 years.
Such modifications have kept Darwin's original idea relevant & up-to-date to the point where all of our understandings in such fields as biology & geology are based on them.
As for your daunting probabilities, I assess the probability of the Universe existing absent God's creation as zero, so anything we see in the natural realm is His handiwork, whether it agrees with our theological ideas or not.
God does not need our permission to create life through evolution or any other method which might suit Him.