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Re: Problems with Christianity and Darwinism
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 19 Jan 2001 20:52:53 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jon Kozan writes:
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> > Actually, the Drake Equation has nothing to do with the chance of life
> > evolving. It only has to do with the chance of communication with it
> > (another life) given that one assumes a factor for the chance that is does
> > evolve.
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> Okay, but it seems to me that life must evolve into existence before it
> can be considered likely to communicate with us, so I still think the Drake
> equation gives a useful model. Especially since the number of intelligent
> species must by definition be less than or equal to the total number of
> species, so that we may infer a larger number of total species in the
> universe than the Drake predicts us potentially to contact.
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> > Life can't evolve. (or at least 1 in 10^50)
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> Once again, I ask that you provide a citation for that vanishingly small
> number. Otherwise, I assert with equal confidence that a Supreme Being
> can't exist (or at least not an absolute Supreme Being).
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> Dave!
I started a new thread to address this!
-Jon
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