Fundies Will Be Shitting Bricks

[Statler Waldorf]

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The argument about sperm is a poor one and that was the whole point. You can't just say that because the a priori probability of something is small, it can't have happened.

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I am not claiming that it couldn’t have happened because of the low probability (the chemical impossibilities demonstrate it couldn’t happen well enough). I am saying it is completely reasonable to say it didn’t happen because the odds of it occurring ever are so ridiculous they require far more blind faith than I have to believe. You make these same rational judgments on a daily basis…
”Is DB Cooper still alive?” “I doubt it; the chances of him surviving and still being alive today are just too small.”
“Is Elvis still alive?” “I really doubt it, even though I personally never saw his dead body, the chances of him still being alive are just too remote.”
“Is the Loch Ness Monster real?” “I doubt it, the chances of an animal of that size living on the small amount of fish that inhabit the loch is just too small.”
“Did abiogenesis occur 3.5 billion years ago?” “No, even if it were chemically possible, the chances of it actually happening are far too remote (a statistical impossibility)”

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Didn't you know, all atheists really know that the abrahamic god exists, we're just angry with him and trying to hurt him by pretending to think that we don't believe in him...

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No, you are actually just suppressing the truth in your heart. Romans 1.

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S.W. So basically what you are saying is that even if modern science could replicate Earth's early conditions and show where simple organic compounds could come together to form more complex organic matter; it only proves that your God planned it that way from the beginning. Geez, and to think, this line of thought is why I left Christianity to begin with!

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Nope, not what I said at all. I said that even if science could achieve that impossible task, it would not prove God did it, but it also would not demonstrate that we do not need God anymore. It’s a category error, mechanism does not disprove agency. Christianity certainly doesn’t miss you.