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"And finally, the potential diversity of the DNA in the simple T4 bacteriophage is 10 raised to the power of 78,000!"

And your point is?

You can choose almost anything after it has occurred and through the use of faulty application of probability make it look like the occurrence was so unlikely as to be remarkable.

For example, there is a rock in my back yard that looks like an arrowhead yet is simply a rock. What is the probability that that special rock would find itself in that special spot in my back yard?

The area covered by that rock is approx 5cm x 9cm = 45cm². The land surface area of the earth is approx 1.483x10⁸ kms². There is approx 1x10¹⁰ cm² in a km². So the probability that a rock of that size will find that special spot in my back yard rather than any other spot is 1 in 3.295x10¹⁶.

Now what is the probability that that specific rock will be the one found in that spot? The volume of the lithosphere has been calculated to be 5.054 x10¹⁹ cubic meters. My rock's volume is roughly 5cm x 9cm x 3cm = 135 cm³. That means there is a potential 7407 x 5.054 x10¹⁹ or 3.7434978 x 10²³ rocks of this size that could have landed on that spot. The probability of that rock being the 'special' rock is 1 in 3.7434978 x 10²³.

Now the probability that that special rock will be found in that special place is 1 in 3.295x10¹⁶ x 1 in 1.483x10¹² = 1 in 4.886485 x10 ²⁸.

Now what is the probability that the rock will look like an arrow? The probability that that rock will be red in colour? The probability that it will have a crease along its length? The probability that it will be igneous? Each of these considerations decreases the liklihood even further.

I have no idea how to calculate those probabilities but I believe my point has been made. The likelihood that that very special red coloured, longitudinally creased, arrow shaped, 5cm x 9cm x 3cm, igneous rock would be found in that special spot in my back yard is incredibly small. So small that it probably could not have happened by chance. Yet it did.

(please forgive any errors in my math, I was using the calculator that came with Windows which frequently does not represent large numbers in usable form)

Ten digits means I had a 1 in 1 billion chance of being assigned my exact phone number. Man, I should buy more lottery tickets.

So small that it probably could not have happened by chance. Yet it did.

God put the rock in your backyard. And since it's there, the probability of the rock being in your backyard at this point in time was always 100%.