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To: The Raven
Biologist and Anglican priest Arthur Peacocke, for instance, argues that evolution is God's way of creating.

That's been my view all along. I've never seen the idea of Divine Creation and evolution as mutually-exclusive (or even competing) ideas. In fact, I find it even more awe-inspiring to consider that God built living things to be so adaptable to non-optimal conditions.

2 posted on 02/13/2004 3:25:06 AM PST by Prime Choice (I'm pro-choice. I just think the "choice" should be made *before* having sex.)
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To: Prime Choice
>...evolution as mutually-exclusive (or even competing) ideas

Interesting - you used "evolution"....I suppose we can also say that God has "evolved" as well...from the worship of gods of fire, war, etc....
3 posted on 02/13/2004 3:30:31 AM PST by The Raven
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To: Prime Choice
Did the Creator use Evolution?
38 posted on 02/13/2004 7:56:05 AM PST by LiteKeeper
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To: Prime Choice
How is any of this inconsistent with intelligent design? Begley is trying to make the case that because life on earth is elegantly designed, it was not designed, but rather just evolved.

(Huh?)

If anything, such design elegance (object-oriented design)as described by Begley reinforces the improbability of random evolution!

45 posted on 02/13/2004 8:29:17 AM PST by Huber (Individuality, liberty, property-this is man.These 3 gifts from God precede all legislation-Bastiat)
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To: Prime Choice
That's been my view all along. I've never seen the idea of Divine Creation and evolution as mutually-exclusive (or even competing) ideas. In fact, I find it even more awe-inspiring to consider that God built living things to be so adaptable to non-optimal conditions.

Not to mention that he was willing to wait <Carl Sagan Mode> BILL-YUNS and BILL-YUNS </Carl Sagan Mode> years for humans to show up.

68 posted on 02/13/2004 9:52:37 AM PST by Poohbah ("Would you mind not shooting at the thermonuclear weapons?" -- Maj. Vic Deakins, USAF)
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To: Prime Choice
"In fact, I find it even more awe-inspiring to consider that God built living things to be so adaptable to non-optimal conditions."

Very well put.

Some people don't give God the credit He deserves for creating evolution.

196 posted on 02/13/2004 6:58:58 PM PST by DaGman
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