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To: tomzz

So, are you going to tell us how ID is testable?

Or should I cue the crickets?


666 posted on 07/28/2006 12:53:30 AM PDT by stands2reason (ANAGRAM for the day: Socialist twaddle == Tact is disallowed)
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To: stands2reason
The Short Answer: Yes. Intelligent design theory predicts: 1) that we will find specified complexity in biology. One special easily detectable form of specified complexity is irreducible complexity. We can test design by trying to reverse engineer biological structures to determine if there is an "irreducible core." Intelligent design also makes other predictions, such as 2) rapid appearance of complexity in the fossil record, 3) re-usage of similar parts in different organisms, and 4) function for biological structures. Each of these predictions may be tested--and have been confirmed through testing!
695 posted on 07/28/2006 4:17:02 AM PDT by tomzz
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To: stands2reason
ID is testable

1. Wait for the end.

2. Run a lab test to see if any living thing can spontaneously generate out of a non-living thing?

3. Engage a group of experts to create living material from non-living, basic elements.

4. Find a mass of anecdotal and circumstantial evidence that suggests a designer.

731 posted on 07/28/2006 6:10:58 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Supporting the troops means praying for them to WIN!)
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