Re: Phil Johnson

From: D. F. Siemens, Jr. (dfsiemensjr@juno.com)
Date: Sun Sep 30 2001 - 22:33:35 EDT

  • Next message: Moorad Alexanian: "RE: Phil Johnson"

    On Sun, 30 Sep 2001 20:46:21 -0400 "Moorad
    Alexanian<alexanian@uncwil.edu>" <alexanian@uncwil.edu> writes:
    > As I wrote you can do some intellectual gymnastics and reconcile your
    > theology
    > with evolutionary theory. I am not ready to do that yet. However,
    > within the
    > context of a scientific theory, it is hard to reach such a position
    > that those
    > proposing it will throw up their hands and say there must be a God.
    > One must
    > have a sort of Godel type theorem negating the possibility of
    > evolutionary
    > theory in order for all scientists to discard it and become
    > believers. I do
    > not think that is possible for otherwise there is no need of faith
    > which goes
    > contrary to the nature of God. Moorad
    >
    >
    Moorad,
    I'm having trouble with this. How can there be a proof that will coerce
    belief in God? Again, you confuse a scientific theory with denying the
    existence of the deity, when the problem is with the atheism, materialism
    and scientism which are not part of science at all.
    Dave



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