Monday, June 27, 2016

A response to Aron Ra

I have watched the scientist, biologist, taxonomist, and activist Aron Ra for some time. He posts weekly podcasts that he hosts via livestream toward the week's end. He has a long-running series of videos disputing the irrefutable proof of God. In the creationist's argument the miraculous occurrence of life and of the complex nature of humanity is a common refrain. In turn, Aron responds that most everything in its specificity and the sequence in which it has occurred is a miraculous occurrence. I agree. Here's my rejoinder.

"Your analogy for the absurdly improbable occurrence is an excellent description of a 'fallacy' that is native to our existence--we are improbabilities if we are treated as purely abstract categorical agglomerations. But we aren't, and your presentations demonstrate this; we're interminably connected to a 4 billion-year-old protein that can transcend (and transfer) time through replication."

Given the amount of creationists and scientists that debate in the comment section to his videos it makes a poor forum for discussion let alone reaching Aron. He has long since refused to get involved save for a few clarifications or simple answers. I decided to, instead, work on the idea for a bit and put it here where no one will read it nor will the context be appreciated.

When you think about an idea for a long enough time your thinking can harden around a core issue that you hone into the way that you present it. I am beginning to lean on the side of Being if only to address some eternal nature of being that we all possess. That doesn't cloud my thinking about all the wonder in the world, nor do I discount the scientific explanation for it. Science is the best explanation. And through science I find you can appreciate the wonder of creation even more. 

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