Re: [METAVIEWS] 008: The Big Tent and the Camel's Nose,by Eugenie Scott

From: george murphy (gmurphy@raex.com)
Date: Fri Feb 16 2001 - 10:07:04 EST

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    Dawsonzhu@aol.com wrote:

    > in a post by Ted Davis (also Dick Fischer) Eugenie Scott is
    > quoted as saying:
    >
    > << I said (and have said repeatedly) that the message of ID is
    > "evolution is bad science", without providing an alternative view of
    > the history of the universe. >>
    >
    > I think this is really E. Scott's core point. It is not
    > enough to simply discredit a theory. All theories have
    > problems at some level: that is why they are called
    > "theories" not "facts". What Scott is challenging ID to do
    > is to propose a theory. If the theory presented by ID works
    > better than the current standard, then so be it.

            & let me repeat a point made previously: IDers also need to propose
    some way of understanding theologically how God is supposed to act in the
    world in order the input the required information. Without either a
    scientific theory _or_ a theological account, the emperor is extremely naked.

    Shalom,

    George

    George L. Murphy
    http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
    "The Science-Theology Interface"



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