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To: js1138
That's evasive and dishonest.

No it is not. This is not a church sponsored discussion of doctrine and I am not teaching Sunday school. Shapiro does not disavow the need for supernatural explanations, he addresses what he addresses. I have supported the contention that DNA is like a computer program. You have not supported your viewpoint. Now you attempt red herring by having me attack someone or something outside of the scope of the point we have been discussing. I won't go for it. At this juncture it is apparent that the DNA molecule is code. That is a step in the direction of Intelligent design.

These discussions always boil down to naturalism vs supernaturalism, natural history vs intervention.

That is what Shapiro stated in "A Third Way",(because the debate about evolution continues to assume the quality of an abstract and philosophical "dialogue of the deaf" between Creationists and Darwinists.) and you are addressing it in exactly the way Shapiro stated you typically do.

Instead, they assume a defensive posture of outraged orthodoxy and assert an unassailable claim to truth, which only serves to validate the Creationists' criticism that Darwinism has become more of a faith than a science.

811 posted on 04/07/2008 3:35:38 PM PDT by AndrewC
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To: AndrewC

“The second new factor, strangely ignored by Professor Behe, is the existence of computers and information networks. Having exemplars of physical objects endowed with computational and decision-making capabilities shows that there is nothing mystical, religious, or supernatural about discussing the potential for similarly intelligent action by living organisms.”

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_n17_v48/ai_18667140/pg_3

You see what you wish to see in Shapiro, not what is there.


826 posted on 04/07/2008 8:19:56 PM PDT by js1138
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