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To: Abd al-Rahiim
"Unless the title is a misnomer, intelligent design in the context of biology indicates a belief that some aspects of life were created by an entity that no one has ever encountered, either in the lab or in the real world. The identity of this entity is vague. But, nevertheless, the ideology posits that an entity is responsible."

And evolution is a belief that some aspects of life were created by processes that no one has ever encountered, either in the lab or in the real world. The identify of the processes is vague. But, nevertheless, the ideology posits that these processes are responsible.

"Moreover, defense expert Professor Minnich acknowledged that for ID to be considered science, the ground rules of science have to be broadened to allow consideration of supernatural forces."

Sorry, that is just incorrect. Supernatural forces do not have to be considered, only intelligent ones.

"Also, if you were unable to google the textbook, please click here. Hopefully, you won’t wait a week to click the link."

Sorry that FR isn't the focal point of my life, as it apparently is with you. If you had a point, apparently it is that responses that are not within your self-proscribed timeframe are somehow less valuable. Interesting thought pattern. Irrational, but interesting.

187 posted on 06/18/2007 1:19:55 PM PDT by GourmetDan
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To: GourmetDan
And evolution is a belief that some aspects of life were created by processes that no one has ever encountered, either in the lab or in the real world. The identify of the processes is vague. But, nevertheless, the ideology posits that these processes are responsible.

No, evolution is change in allele frequencies of a population over time. The mechanism behind the origin of life is not relevant to evolution. That is, whatever the cause, it does not affect the changing of populations’ allele frequencies .

Perhaps you’d be better served redirecting your dislike of evolution as both fact and theory to origin of life theories.

Sorry, that [Professor Minnich's testimony that for intelligent design to be considered science, supernatural forces must be considered in science] is just incorrect. Supernatural forces do not have to be considered, only intelligent ones.

Please send an e-mail to Professor Minnich and tell him what you have just told me. Please give me an example of how an intelligent being can design the life that we know without being considered supernatural. Thank you.

Sorry that FR isn't the focal point of my life, as it apparently is with you. If you had a point, apparently it is that responses that are not within your self-proscribed timeframe are somehow less valuable. Interesting thought pattern. Irrational, but interesting.

There’s no need to apologize to me. I’m probably younger than you as it is. I do indeed have a point, though – there's a search engine called Google, and a few keywords can direct you to an introductory biology textbook of your choosing. Do not rely on me to do all the hard work for you.

Thanks!

193 posted on 06/18/2007 3:38:22 PM PDT by Abd al-Rahiim
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