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3 Post author: Alexandros 29 November 2010 12:08AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 29 November 2010 02:06:01AM 1 point [-]

Doesn't the anthropic principle already deal with the FTA? Not that it's wrong to have more than one way to go about an argument, but in my experience, every somewhat-reasonable religious person (i.e. anyone you might be able to get through to) who has the anthropic principle explained to them says "Hmm, I suppose you're right, that's not a very good way to prove the existence of the Protestant Christian God exactly as presented in the King James Version of the Bible".

Comment author: Alexandros 29 November 2010 07:02:35AM 2 points [-]

For me, the anthropic principle was much less satisfying than the issue with the intrinsic value of life, which is why I took the trouble to write it up. Your mileage may vary.