WLC on why theory of biological evolution is better evidence for theism than atheism

WLC on why theory of biological evolution is better evidence for theism than atheism Sept 22, 2018 2:20:22 GMT

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Post by dividavi on Sept 22, 2018 2:20:22 GMT

Sept 21, 2018 7:40:46 GMT Cody™ said:

Sept 20, 2018 22:03:18 GMT dividavi said:

WL Craig is a liar and an ignoramus. His arguments are bullshit.

1. Evolution is irrelevant to theism. No it isn't. There are plenty of theists who would strongly deny that humans are cousins to apes, pigs, horses and other creatures. The opposition to evolutionary theory is exclusively religious although Creationists like to lie about it.

2. Saint Augustine of Hippo believed that our planet was much older than a few thousand years old. No, Augustine was very much a young-earther. 3. Some WL Craig bullshit about the extreme unlikelihood of the human genome evolving. Some 61 people are right now looking at the Politics board. Going back 16 centuries to Augustine's time, say 80 matrilineal generations, the probability that all 61 would exist today is astonishingly small. After all, each proper sperm would have to unite with the proper egg at the proper time for many generations. If otherwise, our distant ancestors would never have been born and we would not exist.

It's a miracle, no? No it isn't. If we didn't exist then somebody else would exist to argue this nonsense. Similarly, human beings would not exist today if any of our ancestors from the Cambrian to the present had done something different. However, other creatures would have evolved and some would like human.
4. Fine tuning. More deceptive BS from a professional liar.

Yet none of his debate opponents, all of which more intelligent and informed than you, have ever been able to conclusively refute his arguments. What does that tell you?

I don't know that all of Craig's debate opponents are more intelligent and better informed than I am. That may be the case but I don't know how many people Craig has argued with or what their capabilities are. I rather doubt that no one can "conclusively refute his arguments" since what he says is really stupid and dishonest. WL Craig seems to think his fine tuning argument is a winner but it's crap. You can watch the debate Craig had with Sean Carroll, a real physicist who points out why it's shit.

Craig's purpose is to talk shit and impress the yokels at debates like the one at Biola with Hitchens. The task of his opponents is to tell the truth and refute his patently stupid points. That's not so easy since Craig employs the Gish Gallop, named after the late Creationist liar Duane Gish. In the Gish Gallop a Creationist makes several pronouncements and proclaims them irrefutably true. The rationalist opponent needs time to demonstrate that those points are shit and that takes time and is boring.

You also either misinterpreted or purposefully misrepresented Craig about Saint Augustine.

Nope, Craig is the one who did that. Craig lied when he says that the Theory of Evolution is irrelevant to theism. No it's not.