dhw: Supposing there is no life on any of the habitable planets? Same interpretations: freak versus special choice. Hey ho, nobody can win. > > > > No, if Earth is the only special place for life, the theists would seem to have the stronger argument. The odds then imply God's hand in the mix. > > Matt: Not quite. What dhw is driving at is simply that philosophy always allows you to infinitely regress to non-terminating questions. > > The trump card for any claim is direct evidence, positive OR negative. Lacking that, no one has any kind of a "strong" case at all: Just speculation.-I understand your points, but freak still carries the implication of enormous odds against. I know the odds cannot be calculated and we all just speculate snd there will never be direct evidence, just personal preferences.