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To: CobaltBlue
They left the most intelligent choice off the list.

God created the Universe, and everything in it, and then stood back and let evolution happen over time.

It is the choice that is still 100% consistent with observed reality and fits God (very importantly) into the equation. It is the position adopted by the Catholic church (which is no longer afraid of exposing its members to things like science, logic, and independent thinking). ID posits, at best, (all forms of it I have heard of at least) that God interfered in the evolutionary process at several key instances.

I accept that the God-given tools of observation, together with our God-given (both bestowed by God through the process of evolution) ability to reason, can lead to an understanding of God's creation. And I accept that there is a God as an article of faith that has no basis in observation - material justification is antithetical to faith. I use the bible to understand my relationship with God, and my senses - given to me by Him - to understand my relationship with His creation.

54 posted on 03/22/2006 8:07:39 PM PST by M203M4
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To: M203M4

Amen.


55 posted on 03/22/2006 8:09:42 PM PST by CobaltBlue (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
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To: M203M4
And I accept that there is a God as an article of faith that has no basis in observation

So you are a fideist.

What make you of the argument by cosmological design (NOT to be confused by ID)? You know, the idea that the apparent fine-tuning of all the constants of nature, how all the laws of physics seem to work just right to allow for life, all these things, at the very least, suggest the existence of a Creator?

66 posted on 03/22/2006 8:36:56 PM PST by curiosity
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To: M203M4

To some, science is stronger than their faith. That's why they need to scientifically prove God.


303 posted on 03/23/2006 3:16:10 PM PST by stands2reason
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