Re: CONTRARY EVIDENCE (WASRe: Evide)nce!

On Sun, 10 Mar 2024 22:19:19 -0700, the following appeared
in talk.origins, posted by John Harshman
<john.harshman@gmail.com>:

On 3/10/24 7:25 AM, dgb (David) wrote:

On 9 Mar 2024 at 11:41:03 GMT, "jillery" <69jpil69@gmail.com> wrote:
 

On 9 Mar 2024 11:01:49 GMT, dgb (David) <david@nomail.afraid.org>
wrote:
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On 9 Mar 2024 at 10:50:47 GMT, "jillery" <69jpil69@gmail.com> wrote:
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Patterns exist
everywhere, from stars in the sky to cloud formations to rain drops on
a window,

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They do indeed!
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and most of them were created without benefit of intelligence
or purpose or plan.

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You cannot /possibly/ know that to be true!

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I acknowledge I can't know with absolute certainty it's true, just as
I can't know some intelligence didn't purposely make these patterns
appear as if they followed statistical probability.
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However, the standard is to identify evidence for a claim.  Since
these patterns are consistent with unguided natural processes, that is
sufficient to support my claim.  What evidence do you have the
existence of these patterns required intelligence?

 
The evidence may be found here:-
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existence_of_God

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No, those are arguments, not evidence. Try again.
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"This argument is evidence!"

There does seem to be a repeating pattern here. The question
is, is it malice or simply ignorance?

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I think you are wrong.

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You're entitled to your opinion, which is as good as any other
baseless opinion.

 
If I had wanted YOUR opinion I'd have given it to you!
 

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Bob C.

"The most exciting phrase to hear in science,
 the one that heralds new discoveries, is not
 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"

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