Platt,
I'm asking you to flesh out, for example, your statement that
"Science asserts that creation of order occurs by chance"
By flesh out I mean to express, as honestly as you can, what
science means when, according to you, it asserts this.
Examples would be helpful as a start. One might be that 'science
asserts that humanity arose by chance from pond scum', since this
is a good paraphrase of something you've written before. Saying this
and following it up with an interpretive "Oops" or "I don't know"
is not a fleshing of the issue but more pot-shots. It lacks an
honest intellectual attempt to understand the full scientific
argument.
Suppose someone made a similar statement to yours in substance and
sentiment:
"Mathematics asserts that creation of order occurs by chance"
and then made a more specific mocking assertion of this:
"Mathematics asserts that creation of dependable casino profits occurs
by chance" and then went on to deride mathematics for its unfailing
belief in "Oops" and that this is mathematic's way of saying "I don't
know".
You should see how people like me could get easily annoyed by this.
Glenn
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