Posted on 05/02/2002 6:48:03 AM PDT by handk
2 "It does exclude purpose."
3 "Interesting. You are saying that your all powerful all knowing God is incapable of creating a universe with purpose that utilizes evolutionary mechanisms."
Nonsense. I'm saying what I'm saying. But you are indulging in mischaracterization of someone elses post, a sophomoric Evol debating tactic.
Well, if the mechanism of evolution, as a necessity of logic, excludes purpose, then you HAVE to be saying that God is incapable of creating a universe in which evolution occurs -- because such an act would render it purposeless.
So your God has his limits. He's not all powerful, he's not all knowing. Even he can't alter causality, the rules of logic, to suit his purposes.
Best selling in comparison to his 20 hour rants on any other topic. :-)
At least we have not mentioned asteroids!
You mean even he can endure a 20 hour rant from himself? ROTFLMAO!
I'm not experiencing any discomfort sitting down, so I never think about asteroids.
Now you have done it! You went and mentioned asteroids!
Yeah, in the same way fairies and germ theory have equal scientific validity. ha ha ha
Too easy. Adam's rib...yours too.
Hmmm... I have a big toe also. How does a rib prove creationism?
You don't believe in fairy rings? :-)
BBQ Sauce = intelligent design. :-)
Eat you way to God thru ribs! LOL!!!!!!!!
Well, I guess that shows me.
Well, your assertion was silly. The only "proofs" you find in science are of the mathematical type. Everything else is best fit observationally contingent modeling. Scientists don't talk of certainties, they put probabilities around everything -- error bars.
Newton's physical law theory is pretty darn useful -- yet it diverges from reality at speeds approaching light. Einstein and others improved upon the theory, made the error bars smaller. Someone else may improve upon Einstein.
Biblical creationism isn't a theory based in observation and it isn't amenable to proof. It is not in the realm of science -- it is an article of faith. Evolution, on the other hand, is based solely on observations -- in the lab, in the feild, in the fossil record. That's science.
So. there are people out there who have devoted their lives to proving that; the House of Windsor are drug-running alien lizards; that Con-Ed is keeping Tesla's bounty from the public; that a tightly controlled conspiracy of several thousand individuals (including Jackie) killed JFK; and much else besides.
All idiots.
So you're saying they're not!?!? :-)
I completely agree. I would also like to add, a theory will ALWAYS remain a theory no matter how much evidence is accumulated.
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