Reciprocating Bill
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Joined: Oct. 2006
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| Quote | | You have a way of misinterpreting the meaning of my words. I didn't say "it sounds far fetched" I said "You make it sound so far fetched". |
You stated that my little summary more or less fairly represented your view. In fairly summarizing your view I created a passage that sounds far fetched. That seems to speak for itself.
At any rate, your position is that God is the author of the world, including the biological world, in all of its detail, complexity, and apparent design. I appreciate that frankness; so often advocates of ID are coy to the point of dishonesty about the commitments that motivate their position.
However, that isn't a notion amenable to scientific investigation, because God can do anything, in any order, at any time, outside the constraints of natural law, and hence no empirical test can be devised to put this notion to empirical test. This simple fact leaves us no choice but to pursue biological and evolutionary science within the constraints of methodological naturalism, regardless of the personal spiritual beliefs of the investigator. Fortunately this powerful epistemology has yielded countless active and productive lines of research that daily increase our understanding of the history and nature of the biological world - including the facts we all find quite astounding.
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Myth: Something that never was true, and always will be.
"The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you."
- David Foster Wallace
"Here’s a clue. Snarky banalities are not a substitute for saying something intelligent. Write that down."
- Barry Arrington
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