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I think this is simply a false premise. Evolutionists don't claim evolution is true because it is possible; they claim evolution is true because using the scientific method, there is substantial evidence that it is true. |
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answered on Friday, Apr 15, 2022 12:12:02 PM by Ed F | |||||
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Creationists fail to compare this to the "mathematical improbability" of magic from a god.
This is most likely a strawman fallacy because the implication is that evolution is being accepted "fallaciously" or unreasonable, without knowing why evolution is accepted—assuming we are talking about evolution here and not abiogenesis. The creationist is also conflating abiogenesis with evolution, which is common. Again, might be a strawman because they are assuming the evolutionist also subscribes to abiogenesis—possibly with the same conviction they accept evolution. While speaking of math... we have billions of examples of things that happened naturally, and exactly zero examples of things that happened supernaturally (i.e., by magic), so preferring abiogenesis to magic is more than reasonable.
Again, almost certainly a strawman. While there may be some people out there that accept abiogenesis or evolution primarily based on the appeal to possibility , I doubt this at all common. |
answered on Friday, Apr 15, 2022 02:46:16 PM by Bo Bennett, PhD | |
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