[asa] ID vs TE books/was Theological Naturalism - 'The Nature of God' = Naturalism

Gregory wrote:

Let it be noted that none of the three persons I mentioned are theologians,
so what George is really saying: 'Come into my playground, let's play
fairly!' :-) How about we just take any one of those three persons and
compare the number of books sold in the past five years with the number of
books sold by George, or for that matter any other TE? (Francis Collins
would likely top the list for TE's, even for EC's - evolutionary
creationists?)

Interesting since I'm a TE about to write a book. Do you think that part of
the reason IDers employ a big tent strategy is because they want to sell
more books? I'm utterly convinced. Not just sell more books but attract more
to their movement, because that means more money and more political power.
ID is a classic religio-political movement, not driven by scientific inquiry
and not driven by any quest for truth or for God.

John has pointed out that Behe's views are in some ways compatible with some
features of TE/EC, but that he disagrees with Darwinian evolution and seeks
to expose 'Darwinian fancies.' It would be a much more balanced conversation
for TEs/ECs and TNs of they would point out Darwinism's weak points and even
his errors, rather than contributing to the myth of Darwin's all-greatness,
as the Brights do. Where/when do TEs/ECs part company with Darwin?

This is an interesting question I'm interested in also. I think that they
are anti-science in that they align science with materialism.

Wendee

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Received on Tue Jul 24 12:21:27 2007