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To: Texasforever
I think what anquish is saying is that life that evolves COULD have been designed to do so. From our vantage point today, it would be impossible to determine whether it was designed, or originated via abiogenesis.

God can do anything. Therefore, He could have designed living systems that Evolve. Yet finding life that Evolves, does not show that there is an Intellegent Designer.

You really can't quantify or measure anything that can be done by God. litterally any result can be explained by the magic words, "God did it".

Question: Does God manhandle the earth around the sun, or did He design Gravity and let it do the rest? How would we be able to determine the difference? Be specific. Describe an experiment that will tell me the answer to that question.

493 posted on 01/22/2005 11:07:47 PM PST by narby ( A truly Intelligent Designer, would have designed Evolution)
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To: narby; Texasforever
I think what anquish is saying is that life that evolves COULD have been designed to do so.
Exactly. We simply can't know if God (presumably an intelligent designer) placed life on this earth and used evolution to form the magnificent multitude of life we see today, or if life came to be by abiogenesis. If God knows all, he could as well have snapped his fingers (really hard!) producing a "Big Bang" billions of years ago, starting a process he knew would result in mankind.

That said, such speculations are outside the scope of science. We may believe it was so and have faith in it, but it will never be science.

500 posted on 01/22/2005 11:19:15 PM PST by anguish (while science catches up.... mysticism!)
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