I second that. Well said Scott. On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 11:47 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Mary Jo, > > I have to say, you seem more spiritual than most people I would call > 'Bible Thumpers', yet the way you have portrayed yourself and > eloquently stated your beliefs has been a breath of fresh air. We may > not see eye to eye on whether or not God exists, but I sure do like > the way you present your 'side', specifically at how you have kept > your cool in the face of some of the questions being asked. > > If only more of our discussions on this list were this civil and > enlightening. > > On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:54 PM, Mary Jo Sminkey > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >>I mean no offence by this, but I'm curious. How does evolving from a > >>primordial ooze seem improbable yet a God creating it all, even including > a > >>plan for evolution, seem somehow more probable? > > > > Well, I don't personally consider either more or less improbable than the > other, given no other factors. I do find the complexity of our universe > inexplicable, but it's certainly not the sole basis for my own personal > faith. Certainly there are attempts to measure the extremely high > statistical unlikelihood of life as it is evolving randomly, given the known > age of the universe, and then people will get into arguments about whether > it's more logical to believe in something that has a trillion-to-1 chance of > occurring (or whatever they come up with, which of course is always biased > by their particular world-view) or whether there is some other explanation > for it, i.e a supernatural force at work whatever that may be. For some it > simply makes more logic for there to be something else than that > trillion-to-one series of events happening. I would see either position as a > leap of faith....faith in a supernatural force, or faith that science is > able to tell us everything there is to know. > > > > I do think most people, whether they are religious or not, really don't > quite comprehend how amazing and unlikely our existence really is. Evolution > of complex species is FAR from the only highly improbable factor that plays > a part in our being here. That just is the one that people most commonly see > the inherent problems in fully explaining. > > > > > > --- Mary Jo > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:306619 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
