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To: woodb01
Testable hypothesis #1 - IF ID is true, evolution is FALSE!

How does this constitute a testable hypothesis?

Testable hypothesis #2 - Evolution is not reproducible, ID is

You can repeat the intelligent design of the universe in a laboratory? That's the usual standard IDers demand for reproducibility of evolution.

Testable hypothesis #3 - The drug companies "reproduce" lots of ranges of emotion through intelligent design and have already succeeded in proving an emotional connection to design.

I have no idea what your point is here, or how it constitutes a testable hypothesis.

Testable hypotheseis #4 - Cloning has already proven that small segments of complex organisms can be reproduced through the INTELLIGENTLY DESIGNED process of cloning.

Which says nothing about the claim that the entire universe was intelligently designed.

233 posted on 08/16/2005 2:37:26 PM PDT by malakhi
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To: malakhi; woodb01
Here's another way of putting woodb1's point regarding science, testability, and falsfiability:

"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less."

"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."

"The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master -- that's all."


239 posted on 08/16/2005 2:44:42 PM PDT by Gumlegs
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To: malakhi
You can repeat the intelligent design of the universe in a laboratory?

Everything in the laboratory is designed by an intelligent being. I'd say that qualifies. The whole process of experimentation, invention, art, construction, etc. is ID. It's so prevalent that you can't see the forest for the trees.

586 posted on 08/17/2005 10:35:30 AM PDT by Terriergal (What is the meaning of life?? Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy him for ever.)
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