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Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> On Sat, 29 Jun 2024 04:12:34 -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”.
>> 
>> Figure it out.
>
> It was the assumption of some insurmountable complexity threshold that is 
> the problem. Either nothing can surmount that threshold, or anything can. 
> So assuming the existence of that threshold, and that life lies in the 
> forbidden region, leads logically to the conclusion that the forbidden 
> region is not so forbidden after all.
>
> This contradicts the original assumption of the existence of such a 
> complexity threshold, which therefore must be false.
>
> This is called “proof by reduction ad absurdum”. QED.
>
> As they say, “your move, creep”.

I always wondered if God can make a wall so high He can't throw
a truck over it.

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