Humans, Dogs and oxytocin (Introduction)

by David Turell , Wednesday, September 23, 2015, 14:40 (3348 days ago) @ dhw

dhw: Sorry, but you have misunderstood my whole post, which is a response to your statement “I simply believe God guided evolution, without worrying about details.” I am a British bulldog, and I refuse to be brushed off.-No I haven't. I've pointed out you are very 'specifics' oriented. I am to a point, but if a conclusion of mine seems reasonable from a variety of points of reason, but the conclusion itself offers no details, I'm just as comfortable with it.(see final statement below)-> DAVID: Lots of atheists do just that. And my evidence for design I view as convincing.
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> dhw: Yes, of course. But I am trying to test the hypotheses of a dear friend (the bulldog is now replaced by the sweet-talking diplomat), and need your advice on how to cope with his dismissal of my inquiries as details not worth worrying about. So after presenting your convincing arguments, how WOULD you respond to an atheist who said: “I simply believe chance guided evolution, without worrying about details”?-With my point of view I accept his statement of his beliefs. I would tell him he can't prove it, and I view the odds against his proposal are enormous. But then neither can I prove my design conclusion, although I listed many factors in my two books, as to why I think design is proven to me beyond reasonable doubt.