(November 17, 2018 at 2:09 pm)Everena Wrote:(November 17, 2018 at 1:55 pm)Paleophyte Wrote: (1) You are misrepresenting what I stated. No "lucky accident" is involved. Even f t were it would e more believable than an infinitely complex god with a hide-and-seek fetish.Everena: There are 11.7 million different species of life on this planet, including plants. There are more people than ever before- 7.53 billion. And I do not care if some mold spores and bacterias and germs and insects and certain animals went extinct. There was probably a very good reason for it. Our atmosphere is fine. Who are you kidding? This planet was designed for our specific purpose here. And we are not supposed to be sure of anything, because that would negate our whole challenge. I am sure now, and I really think I may die soon because of being so sure. You are avoiding using logic about everything else and you quite obviously just don't want to believe in God or an afterlife. On your deathbed you will though. It's amazing how atheists turn into believers as they age.
(2) I am using my brain thank you very much. Kindly observe: "This entire planet" is:
- A nickel-iron core that you will never interact with chemically.
- A silicate mantle and crust that you will only ever interact with in the most trivial manner, largely toxic ones.
- Entire oceans to saline to drink.
- An atmosphere composed of element that are either inert or toxic. Yes, oxygen is toxic and your body spends a vast amount of energy and resources to keep the wretched stuff from killing you. Still sound like intelligent design?
Now that we've discarded 99.999% of the planet, we can examine the vanishingly small fraction that you call amazing. Most of which will try to eat, poison, infect, or parasitize you. We don't yet have a good understanding of abiogenesis, but replacing the honest "We don't know yet" with "Goddunnit" is dishonest and shorthand for "stop asking questions"! The rest can be explained by a variety of well-understood natural laws and the principles of self-organization and emergent behaviours.
Utter lies.
I've sat with many people in their final hours, both atheists and believers. No atheists have turned into believers, and they tended to be the calmest about it.
And stop saying "logic". It doesn't mean what you think it means. Now, take your iocane powder.
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"