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originally posted in: Evolution is a fact, but...
5/18/2015 1:47:20 PM
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[quote]There's also technically a chance I'll grow wings in 10 seconds and fly away[/quote]Da hell? No, that's completely wrong.
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  • Nope. There is always a possibility for anything sir. Anything that is Probable must by definition be Possible; However, not everything that is Possible is going to be Probable. Ever heard of the Infinite Monkey Theorem? Here's a little explanation compliments of Google. [spoiler] The infinite monkey theorem states that a monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will almost surely type a given text, such as the complete works of William Shakespeare. The probability of a universe full of monkeys typing a complete work such as Shakespeare's Hamlet is so tiny that the chance of it occurring during a period of time hundreds of thousands of orders of magnitude longer than the age of the universe is extremely low (but technically not zero). There is less than a one in a trillion chance of success that such a universe made of monkeys could type any particular document a mere 79 characters long. [/spoiler]

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  • There is a possibility given the right circumstances. You can't just grow wings and fly away in such a sporadic manner. I'm just saying that such an analogy is wrong.

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  • [quote]There is a possibility given the right circumstances. [/quote] My point exactly. Evolutionists refuse to believe that there is a possibility that they could be wrong. [quote]You can't just grow wings and fly away in such a sporadic manner.[/quote] This is where you contradict yourself, because there is indeed the possibility it could happen. Not probable, but still possible.

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  • That's ridiculous. Just because you can conceive of something, doesn't make it possible. I can conceive of Michael Jackson appearing in front of you. That doesn't make it [i]incredibly unlikely [/i]that Michael Jackson would appear in front of you; it's still impossible.

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  • Edited by Lander: 5/18/2015 5:44:46 PM
    He has a point, the chance could well be >0.00000001% but it exists nonetheless However, I would counter that the probability of a deity being formed from nothing, immediately possessing the thought and will and capability and imagination and the power to create the entirety of the universe from nothing, while simultaneously devising every law of nature and physics known to man (along with many more that aren't) is even lower than that of the Big Bang. After all, if you put a bunch of watch parts into an empty box, seal it off, and then shake it about, the chances are looking pretty slim that a deity would materialise inside the box with the knowledge and means to assemble the watch together perfectly

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  • I know right.

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