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To: puroresu

That's not the way "Intelligent Design" is defined.

"Intelligent Design" hypothesizes that scientists can prove that God created life on earth because there are structures which are "irreduceably complex" and thus, could not possibly have evolved through natural selection.


74 posted on 03/22/2006 8:46:55 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: CobaltBlue

But if God controlled or programmed evolution, then it's design is it not? I just don't see how Theistic Evolution is anything other than design. And if God had nothing to do with evolution, then it isn't theistic.

This is why this debate will always be with us. One side defines science as excluding any consideration of the supernatural, and then proposes an explanation for our existence that excludes the supernatural, while the other side believes there was supernatural involvement in our existence.


89 posted on 03/22/2006 9:03:42 PM PST by puroresu (Conservatism is an observation; Liberalism is an ideology)
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