| | I've hear Occam's Razor used to validate creationism (though not necessarily new-earth creationism, and not necessarily ruling out the possibility that God guided evolution) as well. The fact is, there are so many variables in Earth and in this universe that had to fall perfectly into place for human life to exist. If the gravitational force were too weak, stars would never have formed, and we'd just have random hydrogen and helium atoms. If it were too strong, then everything in the universe would collapse on itself. Plus at least 200 other examples that allowed life on Earth to exist, and/or allowed the Universe itself to exist and possibly support life. The odds of all of those randomly falling into place are something like 600 quintillion to 1. If the chance of God existing, creating the Universe, and setting those principles is more than 1 in 600 quintillion, then we can conclude that creationism in some form (either old-earth or new-earth) is correct. Of note, however, this does not rule out, and in some ways even implies, that God created and guided evolution. I'll try to find a source. [[User:Gregkochuconn|Gregkochuconn]] 20:18, 15 February 2012 (EST) | | I've hear Occam's Razor used to validate creationism (though not necessarily new-earth creationism, and not necessarily ruling out the possibility that God guided evolution) as well. The fact is, there are so many variables in Earth and in this universe that had to fall perfectly into place for human life to exist. If the gravitational force were too weak, stars would never have formed, and we'd just have random hydrogen and helium atoms. If it were too strong, then everything in the universe would collapse on itself. Plus at least 200 other examples that allowed life on Earth to exist, and/or allowed the Universe itself to exist and possibly support life. The odds of all of those randomly falling into place are something like 600 quintillion to 1. If the chance of God existing, creating the Universe, and setting those principles is more than 1 in 600 quintillion, then we can conclude that creationism in some form (either old-earth or new-earth) is correct. Of note, however, this does not rule out, and in some ways even implies, that God created and guided evolution. I'll try to find a source. [[User:Gregkochuconn|Gregkochuconn]] 20:18, 15 February 2012 (EST) |
| − | :Try www.plato.stanford.edu ; they have lots of philosophical arguments that are citeworthy.[[User:JonM|JonM]] 20:20, 15 February 2012 (EST) | + | :Try http://www.plato.stanford.edu ; they have lots of philosophical arguments that are citeworthy.[[User:JonM|JonM]] 20:20, 15 February 2012 (EST) |