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To: SeekAndFind
The problem is that creationism and ID run afoul of the basic presupposition of philosophical materialism, i.e. all there is a matter. This is also a problem for theistic evolutionary thinking.

Modern evolutionary thought do not allow for the supernatural. Yes, there are some theistic evos who spout the "God as a watchmaker" stance, but that is in direct opposition to Richard Dawkins, Eugenie Scott, and the rest of the evolutionist watchdogs. These watchdogs want evolution to be true so that God would be a lie.

Also, while there are those who will talk about all of the mechanics that are supposedly revealed by evolutionary theory, the cannot explain how life started. By ignoring this crucial foundation piece, they prop their theory on massive amounts of speculation and conjecture.

13 posted on 04/13/2010 6:51:55 AM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: kosciusko51
Modern evolutionary thought does not allow for the supernatural.

Many scientists subscribe to the notion that "Nature is all there is" which is a philosophical statement but not a scientific statement. Science has a hard time making absolute statements, especially when singular events are beyond observed duplication. A little more humility from the "scientific community" would be appreciated on this score, but theirwidespread paranoia demands an absolutist mentality .

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Question for theistic evolutionists: "Can God acheive an intended result by a process devoid of intentionality?"

21 posted on 04/13/2010 7:34:28 AM PDT by cookcounty ("When they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun," --"Brawls for Radicals" --by Barack Alinsky)
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To: kosciusko51

Good post!


28 posted on 04/13/2010 8:41:23 AM PDT by valkyry1
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