Around 9000 BC the ancestors of all of us alive today were producing descendants. Glad we all are here. That was before all of the current world religions and gods were invented. Humans invented many more worthwhile things, but superstition still exists today, and probably existed around 9000 BC.

Dear Rhian,

<<- “Post-critical naiveté” accepts the conclusions of critical thinking but see the truth of scripture as not dependent on its historical accuracy. This, I think, is being childlike without being childish.>>

Spot on and thanks for the link!

Thanks Yuyutsu.

I'll take your passive-aggressive silence, apparent in the timing of your response to Rhian, as a concession that you don't have any justification for what you said or how you said it.

"This article does not progress the argument one little bit."
Peter Sellick
Posted by Sells, Monday, 2 May 2016 11:42:49 AM

57 pages of discussion later, nearly all of it most civil; I think he may have missed something.

Rhian: the one I would have loved to see is the Atlantic breaking into the Mediterranean, though sadly there were no humans around to mythologise that one.

<The Mediterranean Sea as we know it today formed about 5.3 million years ago when Atlantic Ocean waters breached the strait of Gibraltar, sending a massive flood into the basin. - See more at: http://www.livescience.com/10607-colossal-flood-created-mediterranean-sea.html#sthash.EySSJbUJ.dpuf>

Yes, I believe that Humans would have been around the "Lucy" stage at that point in Human History

Let me pose a challenge to atheists. Are you prepared to clarify your position relating to what constitutes sufficient evidence for rejecting the view that there is no god?

Suppose the view that there is no god is our null hypothesis. Can an atheist state, following well-established scientific method, an acceptable probability of falsely rejecting the no-god hypothesis?

In my field we commonly use a probability of 1 in 20 or 1 in 100 depending on the consequences/costs of rejecting the null. Zero probability would mean that you would only reject the null with complete certainty.

If you are an atheist, what probability would you be willing to accept?