PuckSR
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| Quote | | then the arguments here between Panda's Thumb and Uncommon Descent amount to arguments over process and mechanism. |
Correct...basically. ID posits that God is actively involved in the evolutionary process.
Theistic Evolution-God created evolution....therefore God still created you...just in a less direct sense.
| Quote | | It depends on what we mean by evolution. The main argument is between the big idea that this whole universe is material only, so that all aggregations into star systems and life systems are unplanned and unguided verus the possibility that there is a God-like being. Once there is a God, all else below that can never be unplanned and unguided in the same sense. |
This addresses a serious misconception about the use of naturalism in science.
If i tell you that water has suddenly started flowing out of a rock.....how would you explain it?
Would you attribute it to the same phenomenon that is reported in the bible....or would you attempt to find a natural source for the water?
You would most likely try and find a natural source for the water.
You may not find one...and at that point you may attribute it to a supernatural cause.
Science, however, always attempts to find the natural solution. They may never find one....and that would validate your belief in a supernatural cause.....but because they learn nothing from a supernatural cause....they will always strive to learn more.
You cannot fault science for taking this approach. If you do fault science for assuming a naturalistic world...then you are faulting them for being skeptical.
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