(April 1, 2016 at 9:20 pm)AJW333 Wrote: Concerning positive and negative evidence, let's say that the answer to the question, "is there a God?" is either yes, or no. Now suppose I have a coin in my hand and I toss it and ask you to choose head or tails, and before you answer, I say to you, "let me give you a tip, it isn't tails." Now is the evidence for heads positive or negative? Does it really matter?How would you know it's not tails?
Why should I believe IN YOU? Why should I accept YOUR TIP?
Also.... it's funny how, (at least) since Pascal, there seems to be an impression that the existence of a god has a likelihood of 50%.... cute....
(April 1, 2016 at 9:20 pm)AJW333 Wrote: What does it matter that I choose God because the evidence for evolution is so bad?
First, you're lying.
You chose god because you got used to it. By parents, teachers, or whatever... society in general. You believed there was a god.
Then, when presented with evolution, your pre-ingrained notion of god was a bit at odds with it... and your mind decided to solve the dissonance by ditching the newcomer.
Is your notion of god accepting of you lying?
Also amino-acids have been seen to self assemble for decades.... amino-acids can then form into proteins with a far far better chance than your numbers have been suggesting.
