Another Big Big Thread of Religious Discussion

[Elminster_Amaur]

Just some things I'd like to add:

Here, I've got some odds that make it even less likely: What are the odds of someone going around, performing an assload of miracles, and even rising from the dead... and it not being recorded outside of Christian religious texts? Hmm... perhaps they are... zero?

Have you ever thought that the reason for this is - perhaps - simply because all of the recordings of these events became absorbed into Christian religious texts? Because I'm pretty sure that if a new religion were to form around, say, 9/11, all recorded evidence of 9/11 would be collected by the adherents of the religion, and turned into religious texts/videos. I'm sure you won't see my point, but others will, and most will see why the point you brought up was completely moot, and not worth arguing the next time.

This is how understanding evolves, see. You take a hypothesis, and you prove it correct through testing, and until it proves false, it stands. I'm absolutely certain that all Star Wars material, canon or otherwise, is considered religious text by the "Jedi" religious sect, and I must assume that this is the way that all religions behave upon formation.

Yes, modern cells can't be created suddenly. But there is more that can self-replicate other than enzymes - ribozymes. Jeez, it took three and a half seconds on wikipedia to find that.

I have learned not to argue with Sith on matters of Physics. I would not argue with a Judge on matters of law. You should probably not argue with Swordchucks on this matter. Pick your battles by your strengths, not your opponent's strength.

Furthermore, probability is not a guarantee. Just because there's a one in a trillion chance of something happening does not mean that if you try it a trillion times it'll happen, because there's a one in a trillion chance of it happening each time you try.

Well, to be fair, over an infinite amount of time, anything that is not impossible will happen an infinite number of times. Probability only implies frequency of events occurring.

I think everyone is missing the point here though. It's not, "how did we get here?" It's "what do we do since we are here?"