On Wed, 08 Nov 1995 20:45:30 -0500 (EST) you wrote:
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LH>Personally, I expect that MN will eventually be successful in
>"explaining" abiogenesis. But maybe it will fail. In that case,
>most of the scientific community would restrict MN more narrowly (to
>sub-processes of abiogenesis) and include a (mechanistically
>unexplained) infusion of complex/organized chemicals at critical
>point(s). It would still be science.
And what if after years of unsuccessfuly trying to explain
abiogenesis, by MN, the evidence mounts up that life did not have a
natural origin? Would it not be "science" to believe that life began
by Intelligent Design?
God bless.
Stephen
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