On 05 Dec 95 12:01:32 EST you wrote:
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JB>I think God does not much care if I play chess according to
>the (man-made) rules. Nor does he care if
>I practice science according to the (man-made) rules. I do think
>he expects me (and others) to acknowledge the rules and
>use them intelligently (and honestly). That is what I see
>Dawkins/Sagan/Gould et. al. not doing.
JB>In summary, when people claim to be a PC, or a TE, or a YEC,
>or whatever, they ought to understand that they are arguing
>philosophy, a noble profession, but not science. I will grant that
>the boundary line is often fuzzy. We need not make it fuzzier.
Again, I have no problem with science's naturalistic rules as
long as they recognise that they are just that: man-made rules.
I have no problem with science trying to see if they can find
a naturalistic process by which life began.
However, I believe it becomes idolatry when scientists mistake
the rules for ultimate reality, and fail even to consider fairly
whether a Creator might have originated life.
And with Phil Johnson I cannot understand how Christians who
believe that God is real and that He did in fact originate life,
believe it is *in principle* leads to better science to rule this
out! :-)
God bless.
Stephen
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