To: Rurudyne
is a christian, i have no problem reconciling that god in his omnipotence, omnivoyance, omniscience, created in detail every single building block of matter and energy and set it forth using the big bang as the instrument of the dispersal of that matter and energy into the newly created medium of the ether/universe... i also have no problem in reconciling that evolution in it's infinite complexity is the manifestation of that creation...
3 posted on
08/25/2005 10:15:43 PM PDT by
Methadras
To: Methadras
To: Methadras
"is a christian, i have no problem reconciling that god in his omnipotence, omnivoyance, omniscience, created in detail every single building block of matter and energy and set it forth using the big bang as the instrument of the dispersal of that matter and energy into the newly created medium of the ether/universe... i also have no problem in reconciling that evolution in it's infinite complexity is the manifestation of that creation..."
Actually I do have a problem with intelligent design ... its theological implications (if placed in tandem with Christianity) comes close in principal to the watchmaker God of the deist, a big part of why I said it was bad theology.
As I said right out of the gate, intelligent design is not scientific. But neither is naturalism. I imagine the reason why intelligent design is even on the table is that scientist were getting tired of explaining away how tidy the universe is to the needs of life.
Intelligent design would seem to have first reared its head in scientific circles among the likes of cosmologist and cellular biologist within rarefied environments away from the public eye. Since then the idea has moved out into the public where it is finding numerous interested onlookers.
In this way it has a further resemblance to naturalism: many more people are interested in naturalism for its implications or how it supports their issues than are interested in naturalism because they are scientist or philosophers. The interested onlookers are driving the debate here too.
53 posted on
08/26/2005 9:19:08 AM PDT by
Rurudyne
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