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Among its practical applications, Occam's Razor has been used by both sides in the debate between [[theism]] and [[atheism]]. Let us take for an example the origin of intelligent life on Earth. One possibility for intelligent life is [[evolution]] via [[natural selection]]. A second possibility is God. Advocates of the Anthropic Principle might contend that evolution is the means through which God works. However, Occam's Razor allows us to eliminate God from the hypothesis, since the idea is an unnecessary assumption. The 'simpler' explanation (that which makes fewer fundamental assumptions) is that God had nothing to do with the development of Intelligent Life and that it came about as a result of natural processes. Therefore, the earlier explanation is the most reasonable to believe. Of course proponents of theistic evolution might include a different scenario.  Let us assume a man needs to go from Boise Idaho to Billings Montana. He sets off and through an incredible stroke of luck just happens to walk from Boise to Billings - or he got a map and a compass and then walked.  Well, using a map and compass are extra steps, therefore, based upon the same logic used above, it is evident the man merely walked it and just happened to get from Boise to Billings through chance.  

Among its practical applications, Occam's Razor has been used by both sides in the debate between [[theism]] and [[atheism]]. Let us take for an example the origin of intelligent life on Earth. One possibility for intelligent life is [[evolution]] via [[natural selection]]. A second possibility is God. Advocates of the Anthropic Principle might contend that evolution is the means through which God works. However, Occam's Razor allows us to eliminate God from the hypothesis, since the idea is an unnecessary assumption. The 'simpler' explanation (that which makes fewer fundamental assumptions) is that God had nothing to do with the development of Intelligent Life and that it came about as a result of natural processes. Therefore, the earlier explanation is the most reasonable to believe. Of course proponents of theistic evolution might include a different scenario.  Let us assume a man needs to go from Boise Idaho to Billings Montana. He sets off and through an incredible stroke of luck just happens to walk from Boise to Billings - or he got a map and a compass and then walked.  Well, using a map and compass are extra steps, therefore, based upon the same logic used above, it is evident the man merely walked it and just happened to get from Boise to Billings through chance.  

Christian apologist [[William Craig]] also has used Occam's razor to argue against [[polytheism]]. He argues that the [[Kalam Cosmological Argument]] argues against atheism, and that Occam's Razor would only require the existence of one god. <ref>Strobel, Lee. The Case for a Creator. Zondervan 2004</ref>

Christian apologist [[William Lane Craig]] also has used Occam's razor to argue against [[polytheism]]. He argues that the [[Kalam Cosmological Argument]] argues against atheism, and that Occam's Razor would only require the existence of one god. <ref>Strobel, Lee. The Case for a Creator. Zondervan 2004</ref>

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