Posted on 06/13/2005 7:50:19 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl
Thank you for sharing your view!
How about you AG, wanna take a crack at 15? :-}
That point is addressed in the "Information or What is life v non-life/death in nature?" section of the article. How do we explain the "will to live" - "want to live" - "struggle to survive" - or what amounts to the primary inception of "successful communication" in life v non-life/death.
Except that nobody actually believes this, ID theorists least of all - start asking who the designer might be, and the theological import of ID becomes crystal-clear.
Thank you so much for your kind words and for the big ping! Hopefully, we will end up with some real ammunition to use against the liberal media which I know causes you much concern as well. I didn't believe it was there until you proved it to me.
Thank you so very much for your encouragement! I'm glad you found something interesting!!!
You are an FR research treasure, AG....this is an amazing piece of compilation - thanks.
you: Except that nobody actually believes this, ID theorists least of all - start asking who the designer might be, and the theological import of ID becomes crystal-clear.
Hopefully this project will help conservatives to avoid doing that. The intelligent design hypothesis is clearly not theological - it has no doctrine, no articles of faith, no Holy writ - and it is not an origin-of-life hypothesis.
Thank you so much for the kudos and encouragements!
If Pax-6 is a gate enabling gates downstream to develop the eye how did the eye evolve, and evolve so quickly, absent the gate keeper?
"The intelligent design hypothesis is clearly not theological - it has no doctrine, no articles of faith, no Holy writ"
Except the part where an *intelligent designer* makes everything. But that's not God, nope. Sure.
bump -great job-thanks for your work - many "scientist" here are blind to the bias they carry..true breakthroughs in science require the ability to allow for facts that may be contrary to the accepted dogma is what separates great science from the technocrat drones.
Very interesting AG. I sent home to read this evening.
Just curious--are you familiar with Tom Wolfe's "conscious thrown rock" metaphor, from his book 'I Am Charlotte Simmons'? I believe this was from his experience with neuroscience findings. John Derbyshire at the NR has expressed some thoughts on this subject as well.
Yes, I read your work. I see that you've described and defined it but did not see you address it's origin.
But you've obviously put a great deal of thought and work into this and deserve kudos for that, not to mention you're extra worldly penchant for civility and patience, two virtues not granted to me in vast quantities. :-}
They only resort to the ID position because the Creationist position is completely untenable. ID is only slightly less so.
It will probably not be more than a theory, and probably won't come up with anything significantly philosophically fresh or different from what is found in Plato's Republic, but it will be of some use as analogy in educating the young.
The only assumption I am making is that most posters are conservative and therefore have a dog in this fight. One can deplore the Intelligent Design hypothesis and still refute any attempts to paint conservatives and intelligent design supporters as young earth creationists.
Dean played part of this political hand by declaring that Republicans are white Christians. IMHO, they are trying in overt and subtle ways to create an image in the mind of the public, just as they did by repeating over and again in the Clinton impeachment that it was all about sex when, of a truth, the charges were perjury and obstruction of justice.
IOW, I believe it is politically beneficial to even a conservative, atheist scientist to be able to respond that "intelligent design = creationism = conservative" is a false deduction.
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