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To: bobdsmith

Oh, I see. Apparently you require that a supernaturally-created biology must consistently operate through supernatural effects. That would be your error.

Self-replication and imperfect replication are perfectly consistent with a supernaturally-created biology. No requirement for no or perfect reproduction there.

Evolution's purported 'events' occurring thousands, millions or billions of years ago likewise cannot be tested. The evidence supposedly 'supporting' evolution is also consistent with a created biology that is in decline. Nothing there.

Entertaining supernatural explanations as you understand them might have that effect, but a supernaturally-created biology is not required to operate as you imply, therefore there is no reason to think that you can never reach any answer.

Your arguments are only valid by *assuming* they are the only valid restrictions, no way to test that. But then you have moved into the metaphysical realm yourself, so what were you saying?


1,103 posted on 07/21/2006 10:54:04 AM PDT by GourmetDan
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To: GourmetDan
Oh, I see. Apparently you require that a supernaturally-created biology must consistently operate through supernatural effects. That would be your error.

That's the opposite of what I am saying. I am saying that there is no "must" when it comes to supernaturally-created biology. It has no constraints. There is no reason to expect biology to operate a certain way given only that it is supernaturally created. That might sound like a strength but in science a catch-all explaination is useless.

Self-replication and imperfect replication are perfectly consistent with a supernaturally-created biology. No requirement for no or perfect reproduction there.

Anything is consistent with a supernaturally-created biology. So no suprise that our particular biology is consistent with it. Support for an explaination occurs when an observation is compatible with it yet needn't have been.

Evolution's purported 'events' occurring thousands, millions or billions of years ago likewise cannot be tested.

Evolution puts forward specific mechanisms which have constraints. It is not compatible with any observations. For example under evolution no modern mammal fossils should be found in cambrian rock formations. That makes it testable.

1,129 posted on 07/21/2006 3:00:43 PM PDT by bobdsmith
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