actually, higher proportions of men may be evidence for the existence of the
goddess, since there would then be more men available to take care of women.
;-)
Mike Wogan wrote:
> 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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