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Re: Geez, its hard to stomach all of this
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Wed, 23 Dec 1998 21:20:07 GMT
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Also sprach Barry McFarland:
: Part of the understanding of evolution is that it does not require an "outside
: force. Thus the two are not only irreconcilable, but also irrelavent in
: association. Choices are: (1) either one is true and the other in not. or (2)
I'm aware that that's how many on the extremes see the situation.
However, it's not necessary. Science, at least rational science, does
not offer an opinion on the existence of God. Similarly, people of
religious conscience can accept what science sows us to be likely, not
as refutation of God, but as revalation of his design.
To expand on this a bit, I see the process of evolution as justification
for a wise and intelligent design process. If an infallible God were
personally involved in each step of creation, how does one explain the
failure of the dinosaurs? But if god is an engineer, a tinkerer, who
created a developmental framework in which he could both tinker and
leave things alone at his choice, it makes far more sense and just
happens to coincide with what science demonstrates about the world. I
am not alone in this viewpoint. I know many religious scientists whose
love and respect for their god grows with each part of his design he
discovers. Personally, I remain unconvinced about the existence of God,
but I do not understand the extremism on either side.
/ _ _ / _ _ "Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through
()(-(//((-/ the leather straps." -- Emo Phillips
============= Jim Baker -- Weather Weasel Extraordinaire ==============
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| (...) Part of the understanding of evolution is that it does not require an "outside" force. Thus the two are not only irreconcilable, but also irrelavent in association. Choices are: (1) either one is true and the other in not. or (2) niether is (...) (26 years ago, 23-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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