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To: wallcrawlr
I'll take this paragraph first:

The same cannot be said of evolutionary theory. There are unanswered questions.

There will always be unanswered questions. To assume otherwise is ludicrous.

Evidence that does not fit. “Facts” that have proven illusive or false.

Like what?

Fabricated evidence.

It happens. However, once the fabrication has been exposed it is rejected. Can't say the same for creationists. They've been telling the same falsehoods for decades.

Explanations that are logically incomplete.

Like what?

Jerry-rigged computer models – oops! – sorry, that’s global warming.

Cute way to sneak in a strawman.

Result? A competing theory, Intelligent Design or ID, has been proposed as an alternative to Darwin’s rumination.

It is not a theory. It meets exactly none of the basic requirements of a theory.

Is this “unscientific” as many wail and gnash in their haste to keep “God” out of science?

Nobody is wailing and gnashing, and there is no "haste to keep God out of science". The concern is that religion will be taught as science. That is what the debate is about.

No. It’s an alternative hypothesis. A competing theory. Not religion. Not superstition. Not a conspiracy by those pesky right-wing, Christian fundamentalist – fundamentalist Christians, if you prefer. A proposed theory. This is how science advances. If one never questions, there are no answers to be had.

It is not an alternative hypothesis, or a competing theory. There is no hypothesis. There is no theory. It asks no questions. It makes no predictions. There are no tests. It just says "that's too complicated to happen on it's own, God did it, move along, move along". This is NOT how science advances: this is how science is stagnated.

28 posted on 08/26/2005 10:17:52 AM PDT by wyattearp (The best weapon to have in a gunfight is a shotgun - preferably from ambush.)
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To: wyattearp
It is not an alternative hypothesis, or a competing theory. There is no hypothesis. There is no theory. It asks no questions. It makes no predictions. There are no tests. It just says "that's too complicated to happen on it's own, God did it, move along, move along". This is NOT how science advances: this is how science is stagnated.

That is a very ignorant statement. No one on the creation or ID side is saying don't look any further God did it. The greatest scientist of the previous 1000 years before the 20th century believed in creationism. They went and searched out God's method and laws because they were creationists. Science owes its very existence to the idea of a creator who logically set down the laws and structure of the universe. That is why people used their belief in God to go forward and discover the wonders of the natural world. Because it was consistent.

Non of those believing scientist said 'God created it that way' and stopped their pursuit of knowledge.
320 posted on 09/02/2005 5:59:46 AM PDT by Rhadaghast (Yeshua haMashiach hu Adonai Tsidkenu)
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