Fw: Re: Who's Burden of Proof?

From: D. F. Siemens, Jr. <dfsiemensjr@juno.com>
Date: Sat Nov 29 2003 - 14:53:18 EST

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From: D. F. Siemens, Jr. <dfsiemensjr@juno.com>
To: steve@spetermann.org
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 10:50:41 -0700
Subject: Re: Who's Burden of Proof?

On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 09:51:38 -0600 "Steve Petermann"
<steve@spetermann.org> writes:
> Terry wrote:
> > (Do you honestly believe that God has
> > to test His designs?)
>
>
> If part of God's design process is to use natural selection, that is
> a form
> of test.
>
>
Oops! This assumes that God cannot know or cannot control the outcome of
what we see as natural selection. I contend that this requires making a
god (not God) in our image. If done deliberately, it's idolatry.
Dave

Thought I was sending this to the list, but see it went only to Steve. So
Steve's reply was off-list. Only if he OKs it will I reply on line.
Dave
Received on Sat Nov 29 14:56:33 2003

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