My conception of religion is man seeking God; whereas the Christian faith it
is God seeking man. Accordingly, the ID movement can never lead to Christ
but to a heuristic "proof" of the existence of God. Moorad
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From: SteamDoc@aol.com <SteamDoc@aol.com>
To: asa@calvin.edu <asa@calvin.edu>
Date: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 8:29 PM
Subject: Re: ID
>In a message dated 10/18/00 10:25:54 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
>hcook@oanet.com writes:
>
>> 2. Is the ID discussion (approach) another reincarnation of the
>> proof for the existence of God? (No, I'm not being sarcastic)
>
>It doesn't *have* to be -- one can think of ID as merely a way to do
science
>without trying to "prove" any theological points. Some ID proponents give
>lip service to such a theology-free approach, but when it comes down to it
>(and even more so in the use of their work within the church) they are
mostly
>trying to find gaps in nature for God to fill. So yes, it is *in practice*
>essentially an updated version of Rev. Paley.
>
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