XPost: alt.atheism, talk.atheism   
   From: smiler@jo.king   
      
   On Fri, 08 May 2015 22:02:27 -0400, mur wrote:   
      
   > On Thu, 30 Apr 2015 08:39:01 -0400, raven1    
   > wrote:   
   > .   
   >>On Wed, 29 Apr 2015 23:18:42 -0400, "Chris F.A. Johnson"   
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>On 2015-04-30, mur wrote:   
   >>>...   
   >>>>     The fact that there are no examples of reptiles in transition   
   >>>>     stages to   
   >>>> birds, or mammals in transition stages to flying mammals, etc, alive   
   >>>> today is evidence that something (like God) had deliberate influence   
   >>>> on evolution.   
   >>>   
   >>>   If there are no examples, it is evidence that they either haven't   
   >>>   been found yet or that there aren't any. It says nothing whatsoever   
   >>>   about the existence of something like God or anything else.   
   >>   
   >>We do have transitional fossils of reptile-to-bird evolution,   
   >>Archaeopteryx being the most celebrated. But whether we did or not, you   
   >>are correct that this is irrelevant to the existence of a deity,   
   >>and it's involvement or not in the process.   
   >   
   >     That's your guess, and you obviously have great faith in your guess   
   >     being   
   > correct, but so far you've given no reason why everyone else should put   
   > their faith in it being correct. How about if you give everybody reason   
   > to now?   
      
   No faith is needed when there is scientific evidence, of which there is   
   plenty. But obviously you don't have any evidence for your supposed god   
   character, otherwise you'd be showing it to us.   
   Beliefs, opinions and 'holy' books are NOT evidence.   
      
   --   
   Smiler, The godless one.   
   aa #2279   
   Gods are all tailored to order. They are made   
   to exactly fit the prejudices of the believer.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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