Evolution, religion, and ignorance.

[Fidel_Castronaut]

When chance is 50/50 there is a probability that some thing can happen. At 100/1 there is not much chance of it happening. At one billion/1 it is highly unlikely that anything will happen at all. Try to calculate how many atoms it would likely take to create one virus. The odds of it happening are so far off the chart that it could not have happened. Throw in the variability of making those connections over time and the odds are so far off the chart that this discussion becomes laughable!

There's certainly one thing in thread that's laughable, and it ain't the odds.

I also really want to add some kudos to RDK for so ruthlessly, and without hesitation, totally reinforcing the point regarding some theists and ignorance that the OP was trying to elucidate.

RDK, are you from the US? In a religiously orientated state from the Deep South? I enjoy learning about other cultures, and yours seems so fascinatingly archaic, it's like looking back at man from thousands of years ago.