>Design: Can ID formulate a hypothesis that allows us to reliably detect
>design? Can ID once, design is infered, exclude natural forces as a
designer?
>
>My answer would be: Not reliably so far and no it cannot exclude natural
>forces.
I agree. Let's say that the Christian God exists (I agree) and that he
created the universe exactly as the YEC believers teach. 6000 years later
we are stuck with 3 possibilities:
First, God stopped creating (designing, redesigning?) at the end of the
6th day and is permitting the universe to exist according to the physical
relationships he designed into it 6000 years ago. Since the end of
creation 6000 years ago God only intervenes in human affairs and doesn't
temporarially or permanantly alter the physical constants origionally
designed into the universe. If this is the case, then science can preceed
on the assumption of God's non-intervention and/or non-existance for
pragmatically the results are the same - God could mess with stuff but
doesn't.
Or second, God is continually messing with the outcomes of physical
experiments by changing physical relationships and constants. If this was
the case then we would have no basis for science at all and all labs
should be turned into churches so we can pray that God will produce the
desired outcomes of physical (including biological) experiments.
Or third, God only messes with physical relationships and constants
outside of lab conditions e.g.. when scientists are not looking.
Can anyone think of a third option?
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