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Message 84 of 263 (322911)
06-18-2006 2:01 PM
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06-18-2006 12:21 PM


Re: Back to school boys
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Why? I still see it as the position with the infinite regression.
What infinite regression ? I certainly haven't suggested one. (If anything such an argument is better directed against the Fine Tuning argument).
I'm not budging because you haven't given me any reason to budge. You've got no real arguent or evidence.
As I pointed out the Fine Tuning argument assumes that chance is a valid explanation. Thus if a multiverse raises the probability to an acceptable level it provides a valid alternative to Fine Tining, without the problems. And given the fact that the multiverse is not proposed simply as an alternative to Fine Tuning - it's a consequence of some cosmologies - there seems to be no good reason to accept the idea of a Fine Tuner at present.n

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Message 86 of 263 (323329)
06-19-2006 2:42 PM
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06-19-2006 9:01 AM


Re: Back to school boys
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The fine-tuning argument isn't my argument
Yet it is an argument you've used in this thread.
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The facts about the universe being habitable, as far as I know, doesn't equal the fine tuning argument.
It's about half of it - the other half being that this is too unlikely to occur without a creator. Which your denial of chance with regard to universe formation seems intended to defend....f

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Message 106 of 263 (787566)
07-18-2016 12:07 AM
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07-17-2016 8:39 PM


Re: What do you mean by chance ?
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There is a good series on the concept of chance which I listen to regularly.
Based on the quotes you offer here, it doesn't seem to be very good.
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Their basic premise is that chance is logical only when verified by probability
That would be a very silly thing to say. Can you explain what they mean ? Because it certainly isn't clear.
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Can something come from nothing? Was "chance" the cosmic power behind creation? Despite scientific advances, there remains an undercurrent of irrationality in scientific writing.

I hardly think that their refusal to understand the relevant science - even at a layman's level - indicates that science is irrational in any respect.

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Message 109 of 263 (787582)
07-18-2016 1:22 PM
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07-18-2016 1:13 PM


Re: What do you mean by chance ?
So is this just the arrogance of the ignorant, or just plain lying ? And how could either be considered good?

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Message 115 of 263 (787591)
07-18-2016 4:22 PM
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07-18-2016 1:34 PM


Re: What do you mean by chance ?
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I am not knowingly lying nor am I arrogant apart from believing through faith and considering that better than evidence
I am not accusing you of that. I am accusing you of endorsing one of the two, and I would like to know which one. Or do you have some other explanation for the obvious misrepresentation you attribute to this podcast ?

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Message 119 of 263 (787646)
07-19-2016 11:50 PM
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07-19-2016 7:12 PM


Re: What do you mean by chance ?
So why is his imagination better than reality ?

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Message 121 of 263 (787649)
07-20-2016 12:41 AM
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07-20-2016 12:33 AM


Re: What do you mean by chance ?
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the whole point is this: His imagination is reality.
Some unnamed theologians imagination is reality ? How could that be ?

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Message 123 of 263 (787651)
07-20-2016 12:57 AM
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Re: What do you mean by chance ?
Oh. But I asked why the imagination of this theologian you quoted was better than reality. He certainly seems to think so. And really that's the underlying point of the quote.

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Message 125 of 263 (787654)
07-20-2016 2:13 AM
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07-20-2016 1:30 AM


Re: What do you mean by chance ?
Refusing to even fairly consider the work of others would seem to be a mark of arrogance, yes.

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Message 241 of 263 (861478)
08-22-2019 4:51 AM
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08-22-2019 4:34 AM


Re: Not A Chance
I would say that probability is a quantification of chance. Probability theory was initially created (by Pascal and Fermat) to deal with gambling.
There is absolutely no requirement for the probabilities to be intentionally pre-determined. Naturally the probabilities Pascal and Fermat were looking at were not known in advance - that is what the theory was for.

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Message 263 of 263 (861629)
08-24-2019 5:51 AM
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08-23-2019 2:59 PM


Re: Not A Chance
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And the serpant did not tell us the whole truth. We became "like God" or like one of us...only in that we became aware of the difference between good and evil.
Which is what the serpent said. It is you who is not telling the whole truth by leaving that out.
Genesis 3:5
5 for God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
(NRSV)

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