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does the Creator's work show "Intelligence" in the design of it. Or a lack thereof in your view?
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I don't believe in Intelligent Design.
I believe in creationism.
Intelligent Design is a cheap attempt to shoehorn creationism into the science arena, where it doesn't belong.
I think it would be interesting to ask religious people how they could NOT believe in intelligent design. Maybe a deist has some excuse, but what sort of lazy, good-for-nothing God would not take an interest and become involved in abiogenesis and evolution? Why worship such a feckless being?
Arguing that because we haven't done something so far means that we can't do it or that it didn't occur in nature is shortsighted to an extreme I can't fathom.
That is the "distinctive" for those who believe in God - there is always a "difference" between what infinite God can do and what finite man can do -- by definition.
It shows intelligence.does the Creator's work show "Intelligence" in the design of it. Or a lack thereof in your view?
*shrugs* Possibly, if the conditions are right. The chance of encountering sapient life that just happens to exist at exactly this point in history within "shouting distance" of ourselves is astronomically small, however.Do you believe life exist else where?
What process, exactly?Do you believe that this process is continuing today on this planet?
Given the vast timespans it took for life to appear, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that we haven't been able to fully replicate the process in a mere 50+ years. Remember, DNA was only discovered a couple of decades ago.Can man in our limited knowledge produce a living cell?
There's a fine line between the two, is there not?Well AV, I have never been able to figure out whether you are an immensely dedicated jokester just pulling our legs, or whether you are the real deal.
Perhaps you misunderstood what I said.Jane_the_Bane said:Whatever the case may be, I'm glad to hear that even you acknowledge that Biblical myth isn't science, and should not pretend to be so.
Either that, or it's a cheap attempt to get creationism into the scientific arena, where it doesn't belong.Jane_the_Bane said:"Intelligent Design" is religion pretending to be a natural science, and harms more than just its own credibility in the process.
"Beautiful and convincing" -- reminds me of Genesis 3.I believe in evolution, because it is infinitely convincing, and a beautiful but harsh model explaining the diversity of life.
I believe in evolution, because it is infinitely convincing, and a beautiful but harsh model explaining the diversity of life.
So God said "Let there be whatever ... Anything is fine ... I'm not picky ... Use your own judgment."
This is the same God that dictated Leviticus?
Leviticus is part of a legal code with expectations and penalties for failing to follow the legal code. Genesis is not. They have two different purposes and Genesis doesn't even try to address the "how", which science does.
Well, it's quite possible to believe that He had a hand in the direction evolution took. We believe He is in control of everything.I don't see how that matters. According to abiogenesis and evolution, God didn't care about the creation of DNA or what species might evolve on Earth. Maybe Earth would be occupied by intelligent slime molds instead of humans.
About whether Jews did it or not. The Torah (Leviticus included) is not binding upon Gentiles at all.But this God cared about whether people eat pork or not?
Were the angels created via evolution, or sans evolution?Well, it's quite possible to believe that He had a hand in the direction evolution took.
Were the angels created via evolution, or sans evolution?
I disagree.Some Jewish traditions hold that angels are created at the time they are used and then no longer exist. How spirits are created, however, has nothing to do with the processes that brought matter into existence or how life came to be.
You're free to believe whatever you'd like.
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