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To: jennyp
re: 249

This makes no sense to me. We are talking evolution of species from some mischance happening in some type of pre cambrian slime vs. creation of species by a God.

Creation says that all things were of devine origin and design. This would include electricity, thevarious phenomenon observed by physics, etc. (BTW, theories such as Netonian physics, electron clouds, and such are only usefull in explaining certain observable funcions of the universe, and do not apply beyond their limited scope. They are, basically, just mathematical tools that allow further structured research into observable phenomenon. These scientific theories are the result of creation. Period. Not even debatable.)

So, how do these theories have any bearing whatsoever on the evolution of species? Or creationism and the existence of God?

284 posted on 08/28/2002 2:35:23 PM PDT by templar
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To: templar
So, how do these theories have any bearing whatsoever on the evolution of species? Or creationism and the existence of God?

Because Newtonian physics, electron clouds, etc. are true or false, regardless whether there is a God or not. Electron cloud theory does tend to imply that there are no angels whose job it is to hang on to the atoms with their feet & grab the other atoms nearby to make molecules. Newtonian physics does tend to imply that there are no angels whose job it is to push objects with mass towards each other, etc. etc.

The job & competence of science is to explain the natural world in terms of its observed facts & regularities. It just doesn't "care", right from the get-go, about the existence or nonexistence of God, ghosts, goblins, sprites, gremlins, fairies, or any other supernatural entities that, at their whim, sometimes suspend the laws of nature.

If science did assume such people existed, then it wouldn't be science, it'd be psychology: Science would consist of trying to understand the personalities & motivations of these various supernatural tricksters. And engineering would become politics: Trying to manipulate these supernatural people into suspending the laws of nature to help us accomplish our specific goals. But we already have a name for that class of endeavor. It's called "Religion".

329 posted on 08/28/2002 4:15:22 PM PDT by jennyp
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