Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Fester Chugabrew

You wrote: "Ask science again "what is 'natural?'" and all it can say is "whatever can be known by science or is not "supernatural." Talk about low standards for precision. Talk about circular reasoning. Most of all talk about presuppositions and biases. And this from a pursuit that is by its very nature dedicated to true knowledge."

Reply:
I am curious about what you mean by "true knowledege". If one observes that X-rays behave in such and such fashion, as observed by scientists (physicists, chemists, radiologists), where is the place for "an intelligent deisgner"? X-rays are not mentioned even once in the Bible. They seem to be naturalistic in origin. Do you have an objection to how X-rays behave?

Could you say where the understanding of X-rays is "circular reasoning"?


174 posted on 01/03/2006 4:41:16 PM PST by thomaswest (just curious)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 158 | View Replies ]


To: thomaswest
X-rays are only possible because of organized matter that behaves according to predictable laws. Wherever there is organized matter, it may be reasonably be inferred that intelligent design is involved. X-rays are good evidence for intelligent design on at least two levels.

First, human intelligence took the raw materials and, assembled the technology and substance needed to make X-rays. Second, although unseen, all the particles necessary to complete this process and make it repeatable have remained organized and consistent so as to make the application of human intelligence possible.

The fact that X-rays themselves are not mentioned in the Bible has no bearing on whether or not they are intelligently designed. When the Bible speaks of intelligent design as related to the things science has to work with, it denotes all the substance and processes science has heretofore been able to indentify, plus many things science has yet to identify.

189 posted on 01/03/2006 5:01:34 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 174 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson