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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Find "py.exe" & copy it to "Python" (flat, no extension).
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2024 23:50:29 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 28 Jun 2024 18:12:18 -0400, Joel wrote:

> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> 
>>>>>> if life is too complex to have arisen by itself, then it must have
>>>>>> required some prior agency to create it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>But surely, this agency must have been even more complex, must it
>>>>>>not?
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm a theist, yes.
>>>>
>>>>So how could this creator agency have arisen by itself?
>>> 
>>> That's the mystery.
>>
>>Let me get this straight.
>>
>>You postulate some complexity threshold, such that any phenomenon whose
>>complexity lies above this threshold could not plausibly have arisen by
>>itself.
>>
>>You claim life lies above this threshold.
>>
>>You realize that any prior agency that gave rise to life must also lie
>>above this threshold.
>>
>>So you create some kind of exemption from this threshold for the prior
>>agency, that you will not extend to life itself?

Tbat’s four separate assumptions, none of which are backed up by evidence.

That’s called “circular reasoning”.