On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, Humberto Barreto wrote:
>
> You can spice up the example by doing a little research into John
> Arbuthnott. In 1710 he argued for the existence of God by rejecting the
> null of a 50/50 M/F sex ratio.
Gee, Humberto, I guess I don't understand why departing from 50:50 is
evidence for the existence of God. I'd think the argument would go the
other way. God, being neat and compulsive like the rest of us, would show
His perfection by approximating a 50/50 ratio? Or was Arbuthnott
conflating God with evolution?
Mike
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