I am currently reading Walter's book. I am up to about page 100 (of 500+)
and so far have not encountered a logical argument that purports to
establish Walter's two characteristics of the biotic message. From my
naive perspective as an engineer, I have no problem with the idea that life
is the work of a single designer, and from my perspective as a Christian I
know that that is true. But Walter seems to simply assert it and then go
on to attack evolution. The idea that life resists other explanations seems
more problematic to me. If it resists, it resists in a funny way: by
offering lots of tantalizing data that leads scientists down many blind
alleys before they (perhaps, someday in the distant future) discover the
truth: that all these millenia life has been resisting explanations other
than the single designer explanation.
Still, I recommend Walter's book, because it does raise questions about
evolution that are worth considering.
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