>Re: >Re: ID theory, auxiliary hypotheses, and carbon

Eduardo G. Moros (moros_eg@castor.wustl.edu)
Thu, 30 Oct 1997 12:56:40 -0600

"genetic change over time" happens every time reproduction happens (for
example). I have nothing against shuffling of DNA, this happens all the time,
but I am careful to accept without further compelling evidence that nature +
the environment can add more cards to the deck (common descent).

Salu2

Eduardo.

> Re: >Re: ID theory, auxiliary hypotheses, and carbon
>
> David Campbell (bivalve@mailserv0.isis.unc.edu)
> Thu, 30 Oct 1997 14:28:20 -0400
>
> Eduardo replied to my post,
>
> >> Evolution by natural selection seems to me to be a wise way of
> >> maintaining life through varying conditions over time.
>
> >Natural selection --- YES!!!!!!
> >Evolution? --------- No one really knows, some just believe.
>
> By evolution, I simply mean genetic change over time; this is known to
> occur. My point is that evolution without miraculous intervention
> (entirely in obedience to natural laws) can (and, I think, should) be
> considered evidence of God's great wisdom in designing and running the
> universe. A list of all the factors necessary for intelligent life to
> evolve seems quite similar to Hugh Ross's lists of astronomical
> constraints.
>
> David Campbell