Re: Theism and Science

John W. Burgeson (johnburgeson@juno.com)
Fri, 10 Oct 1997 21:39:40 EDT

Dick Fischer wrote, in part: " And in II Samuel 22:31: "As for God, his
way is
perfect ..." If the Bible is true, and with ID theory in mind, it should
follow that:

Agent Action End Product

Perfect God sculpts perfect life forms

Sorry Jim, but the conclusion does not follow from the premise. You seem
to be assuming an intermediate statement, of the kind:

"Since God is perfect and his way is perfect he is capable of only
creating perfect things."

But this statement has no Scriptural (or other) basis.

Other objections can be cited. Perhaps Adam WAS perfect and we have
"devolved."
Or perhaps we ARE perfect and just don't recognize it!


Burgy (John W. Burgeson)
Imago Dei (who cares where I once earned my living?)
Regular e-mail address is Burgy@Compuserve.com