To be honest, this doesn't prove Evolution, any more than changing program code and subsequently altering the result of the program - proves that code is self-changing or that the language's author doesn't exist either for that matter. I don't suggest that DNA doesn't mutate - but i disagree with the basis of your 'proof'
It seems to me that DNA is like any other programming language, really. You've got a set of instructions - that run through some process - to generate some output. Alter the instructions - alter the output.
Your version 2 is right, but let me pose a alternate version 1 -
Version1.1 Dead Atheist: Oh!, um hi God..., didn't think you existed, oops!
Deity: No problem, it's not like I left any useful clues... cya.
Dead Atheist: Nice... How come I didn't qualify?
Deity: Hey this was your choice all along - no biggie - got a alternate spot picked out for you already...
So I consider MY version the real win-win.
If you're right, and I cease to exist, it doesn't matter - but if I'm right, and God does exist, then that REALLY sucks for you.
As an aside - I do not agree with "religion". Religions are what give true Christianity the reputation for being a cage. And I would say I'm no more caged than anyone.
Also - I cannot explain my faith other than describing my own experiences - and I don't believe that doing so would be any more useful than Armstrong describing walking on the moon. Sure, I could get an idea, but without actually doing it, I could never know what it was really like.
As far as being moral and ethical - I would say that real Christianity teaches you to live like Jesus, and to accept the gift that he gives us. If you're already moral and ethical, then the only thing missing is accepting the gift. If you were standing in line (i.e. "alive") waiting for your new car ("death") and you're already holding the ticket to your 1981 Yugo with 200k miles("hell") and someone comes by and says "here's a ticket for a brand new Bugatti Veyron, oh and an infinite gas card to boot! All you have to do is accept the ticket!" ("Jesus") It's your choice which car you get. But if you're right, then there is no line, and you're just walking the plank of existence.
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To be honest, this doesn't prove Evolution, any more than changing program code and subsequently altering the result of the program - proves that code is self-changing or that the language's author doesn't exist either for that matter. I don't suggest that DNA doesn't mutate - but i disagree with the basis of your 'proof'
It seems to me that DNA is like any other programming language, really. You've got a set of instructions - that run through some process - to generate some output. Alter the instructions - alter the output.
Your version 2 is right, but let me pose a alternate version 1 -
Version1.1
Dead Atheist: Oh!, um hi God..., didn't think you existed, oops!
Deity: No problem, it's not like I left any useful clues... cya.
Dead Atheist: Nice... How come I didn't qualify?
Deity: Hey this was your choice all along - no biggie - got a alternate spot picked out for you already...
So I consider MY version the real win-win.
If you're right, and I cease to exist, it doesn't matter - but if I'm right, and God does exist, then that REALLY sucks for you.
As an aside - I do not agree with "religion". Religions are what give true Christianity the reputation for being a cage. And I would say I'm no more caged than anyone.
Also - I cannot explain my faith other than describing my own experiences - and I don't believe that doing so would be any more useful than Armstrong describing walking on the moon. Sure, I could get an idea, but without actually doing it, I could never know what it was really like.
As far as being moral and ethical - I would say that real Christianity teaches you to live like Jesus, and to accept the gift that he gives us. If you're already moral and ethical, then the only thing missing is accepting the gift. If you were standing in line (i.e. "alive") waiting for your new car ("death") and you're already holding the ticket to your 1981 Yugo with 200k miles("hell") and someone comes by and says "here's a ticket for a brand new Bugatti Veyron, oh and an infinite gas card to boot! All you have to do is accept the ticket!" ("Jesus") It's your choice which car you get. But if you're right, then there is no line, and you're just walking the plank of existence.