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To: William Terrell
Does order come of chaos by itself? Prove it.

Snow is "ordered" --it consists of millions of perfectly formed 6-sided crystals-- yet it forms from disordered water vapor.

Does it do that "by itself"? That is a philosophical question. It certainly does so according to the laws of nature.

Personally, I believe that God is the ultimate author of the laws of nature. But I don't believe that He sits down and carves each snowflake. I think He created a universe with natural laws and knew that those laws would be sufficient to accomplish His purposes. I therefore see no conflict between my belief in God and my acceptance of the overwhelming evidence for evolution.

1,001 posted on 04/06/2006 4:30:29 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: Lurking Libertarian

Certainly God would not be distracted by wasting all His time carving snowflakes ~ which might well explain why they are all different (except for the 2 featured in Science News last year that looked to be identical).


1,013 posted on 04/06/2006 4:42:41 PM PDT by muawiyah (-)
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