• Sordid@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    If the vast majority of the universe is inhospitable, doesn’t that make it more miraculous and unexplainable that earth is?

    No, because the Earth being habitable doesn’t violate any laws of physics. It’s just rare.

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      I would describe something that rare as miraculous. I’m not saying it’s literally impossible without some outside force influencing it, it just doesn’t help your argument to point out how unlikely life is.

      I very clearly said that I thought the original point by the creationist didn’t make sense, so I’m not sure why you immediately assumed I’m making that argument.

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        You can call it whatever you want but it’s just random chance.

        We just so happened to be on a planet that was the right distance from the sun, that is made up of exactly the elements necessary, and went through all the exact environmental changes to support our version of life.

        In an infinite universe with a set amount of elements that can only mix in a set amount of ways you are guaranteed to eventually get every single possible combination.

        Life is just an inevitability. Like repeating numbers in RNG. It’s just luck. Blind happenstance.

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        it just doesn’t help your argument to point out how unlikely life is.

        The counter argument is “how do you know it was a divine force did it”. Presupposition isn’t an argument to begin with.

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        I would describe something that rare as miraculous.

        Then you have a different definition of “miracle” than most.

        it just doesn’t help your argument to point out how unlikely life is.

        And what exactly do you think my argument is?

        I very clearly said that I thought the original point by the creationist didn’t make sense, so I’m not sure why you immediately assumed I’m making that argument.

        I’m not sure why you assume that I assume that. I said no such thing.