PD>I would agree that the intervention would be at the origin of the
>basic design.
>This concept works for both TE and a special creation
>model.
SJ> Agreed about "special creation" but AFAIK "TE" has no original theory
> of "basic design" unique to itself - it believes in the same random
> mutation + natural selection mechanism as Naturalistic Evolution,
> with no intervention by God.
Do let's remember the importance of providential guidance.
There is a universe of difference between Deism and Theism.
Loren Haarsma