Wendee Holtcamp wrote:
> . . . My answer (if that is indeed your position) is (1) The main way I
> meld
> the two ideas of both Darwinian selection, and God's involvement in
> creation is that God's hand must be involved in each mutation. . . .
What does "involved" mean? Caused? If so, in what way did God cause each
mutation? Did He cause entities to behave within the limits of their
natural properties and thus strictly follow the physical and stochastic
laws or not?
If *so*, then unless one simply (and unjustifiably) assumes a continuous,
uninterrupted and very steep positive selection slope (i.e. which, being
continuous, requires that one assume that there is no irreducible
complexity), there very well may not have been enough time between the
formation of life and the appearance of such features as the trilobite eye
to produce such staggering complexity.
If *not*, then at this point, intelligent design by natural causes (IDNC)
looks very much like intelligent design by direct action (IDDA).
- Bryan
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