>"If there were no observational or theoretical expectation differences
>between PC and TE I would agree with you, Gordie. But I think there is a
>different expectation. Under PC God is free to create whatever He wants
>Under TE there are limits. Thus in PC we would not expect constraints on
>the form of the new species in the same sense that constraints are
>expected under TE."
>
Phil Johnson says in the appendix to RITB that a theistic realist expects
that a universe created by an intelligent designer will have different
characteristics from one which evolved. (This is a very loose paraphrase).
The questions this poses in my mind are: 1) What differences should we
expect? 2) Can we state those differences in such a way that
experimental/observational evidence can be found to confirm or contradict
them?
It seems to me that David Hume's objection is very pertinent here: If the
universe was created by in intelligent designer who is sovereign over
everything in the universe, then how can we determine what a nondesigned
universe would look like?
So far as constraints on created creatures are concerned, I would expect to
see constraints, and those constraints would be due to the nature of God.
I don't think you can say PC rejects constraints.
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