At 08:15 AM 10/2/01 +1000, Jonathan Clarke wrote:
>Moorad
>
>But why only seek these gaps in biology? Why not in cosmology also? The
>supporters of ID have never come clean or even answered this question. In
the end
>it is an argument based on ignorance. We can't explain it, so it must be
God.
>This is not the God of the Bible, the God who makes the winds blow, the
sun shine,
>and the rain fall. Why don't we seek gaps in meteorology and astronomy so
as to
>lead people to God?
Jonathan,
Exactly! I've raised this exact point in the past several times to no
avail. Others have raised it also and yet I can't remember any specific
responses from the ID community to this point other than possibly that
there are bigger fish and when they become established they look into this
area. That's pretty weak.
Why not postulate gaps in geology. Could not the Cambrian explosion be
explained by ID as easily by intervention and preservation (or lack of
preservation) of particular layers of rock rather than extraordinary events
in the biology of the organisms? This focus solely on biology as the
focus of God's creation by the ID camp has always mystified me.
Regards,
Joel
>
>GB
>
>Jon
>
>"Moorad Alexanian" wrote:
>
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>> It is not a proof that will force people into belief but a dead end to
>> scientific pursuit. It is not inconceivable that there can be a proof that
>> essentially invalidates the claims of evolutionary theory. Isn't that in
>> essence what the ID movement is all about? I am toying with the notion
that a
>> genuine scientific search for answers becomes so fruitless that it leads to
>> belief. Moorad
>>
>> >===== Original Message From "D. F. Siemens, Jr." <dfsiemensjr@juno.com>
=====
>> >On Sun, 30 Sep 2001 20:46:21 -0400 "Moorad
>> >Alexanian<alexanian@uncwil.edu>" <alexanian@uncwil.edu> writes:
>> >> As I wrote you can do some intellectual gymnastics and reconcile your
>> >> theology
>> >> with evolutionary theory. I am not ready to do that yet. However,
>> >> within the
>> >> context of a scientific theory, it is hard to reach such a position
>> >> that those
>> >> proposing it will throw up their hands and say there must be a God.
>> >> One must
>> >> have a sort of Godel type theorem negating the possibility of
>> >> evolutionary
>> >> theory in order for all scientists to discard it and become
>> >> believers. I do
>> >> not think that is possible for otherwise there is no need of faith
>> >> which goes
>> >> contrary to the nature of God. Moorad
>> >>
>> >>
>> >Moorad,
>> >I'm having trouble with this. How can there be a proof that will coerce
>> >belief in God? Again, you confuse a scientific theory with denying the
>> >existence of the deity, when the problem is with the atheism, materialism
>> >and scientism which are not part of science at all.
>> >Dave
>
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