To: Calpernia
I do believe in theistic creation, but not Intelligent Design as it is presently formulated.
Saying "we don't know how it happened so God did it via special creation" isn't science.
The flaws in teleological arguments in biology are as follows - they are:
1. vitalistic (positing some special "life-force"); 2. requiring backwards causation (because future outcomes explain present traits); 3. incompatible with mechanistic explanation (because of 1 and 2); 4. mentalistic (attributing the action of mind where there is none); 5. empirically untestable (for all the above reasons). Teleological Notions in Biology
66 posted on
07/09/2003 1:24:31 PM PDT by
CobaltBlue
(Never voted for a Democrat in my life.)
To: CobaltBlue
may have to take my bump back. Now I don't understand you.
71 posted on
07/09/2003 1:29:52 PM PDT by
Calpernia
(Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; Responsibility for all your actions.)
To: CobaltBlue
I have to admit to being surprised at the number of evolutionist here. I would think evolutionist would be found at a site like DU. I don't say that out of spite, it just seems like a cause that would be associated with the left. If I just read what you said about evolution, I would assume you are a liberal Democrat.
84 posted on
07/09/2003 1:46:17 PM PDT by
ACAC
To: CobaltBlue
Saying "we don't know how it happened so God did it via special creation" isn't sciencelikewise saying, "we don't know how it happend, so evolution must be true" is not science. Evolution is just another religion, no matter how much it's followers wish it to be true.
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