> -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 8:50 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Smithsonian for sale? > > I agree. And I think you agree that their argument is fundamentally > circular. We evolved here. Circumstances permitted us to evolve here. > Since circumstances permitted us to evolve here, then we must not have > evolved by accident. Doh. It's akin to saying that since my eyes are > grey there must be some intelligent creator who caused them to be grey > for some reason, and it proves just as much :)
Too true. It reminds me of another anti-evolution argument from the 70's: the "seeded Earth" argument. Here the idea was that Earth was "seeded" from spores carried through space (or, in the more fantastical versions from microbes left behind from alien visits). Of course the fundamental issue is how did the life that eventually seeded the Earth come to exist? And if it could occur spontaneously someplace else why not here? ;^) Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:159505 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
