I am referring to a "complete theory of the origin of man." I for one
believe that the origin question is not a scientific question so I agree
with you that there is no complete theory of the origin of man. But
certainly there is, almost, a complete theory of superconductivity. Moorad
----- Original Message -----
From: "D. F. Siemens, Jr." <dfsiemensjr@juno.com>
To: <alexanian@uncwil.edu>
Cc: <asa@calvin.edu>; <kbmill@ksu.edu>
Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 10:26 PM
Subject: Re: Evolution and the Image of god
>
> On Sun, 30 Sep 2001 20:26:08 -0400 "Moorad
> Alexanian<alexanian@uncwil.edu>" <alexanian@uncwil.edu> writes:
> > Evolutionary theory is supposed to be a complete theory of the origin
> > of man.
> > As a purely scientific theory, there is not need to invoke a
> > Creator.
> > Accordingly, there is no way anyone can make any sense of created or
> > evolved
> > in the image of God in the context of the theory. A Christian who
> > believes in
> > both Christ and evolution can reconcile the two in his/her mind but
> > that is
> > about it. It may take all sorts of intellectual contortions but one
> > can do
> > that. Moorad
> >
> >
> Moorad,
> I have a grave problem with your claim that there is a "complete theory"
> in science, any field. One way this is a possible claim is with the
> assumption of scientism, which is a nonsense theory because the basis of
> the scientific approach cannot be justified scientifically. Further,
> given every possible scientific explanation for an event, they are not so
> comprehensive that nonscientific explanations are also available--both
> "natural" and "supernatural." The other way this is possible is to
> accept the deistic view that whatever is explained scientifically cannot
> be ascribed to God's handiwork. Since the universe is held together by
> Christ, this also cannot be held by a Christian who understands the
> connection between what God does and what we study. If there is a further
> basis for your claim, I don't think of it now. But I will confidently
> predict that it can have no place in an adequate Christian view of doing
> science.
> Dave
>
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