You are using ID as a tool were it is not needed. One does not need to consider
ID to observe that some feature has no function.
On Sep 30, 11:05am, Paul A. Nelson wrote:
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> Subject: Re: supernatural observation & faith def.
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> . . .
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> Why are male nipples, or webbed feet on upland geese, surprising at all?
> How is it that they stand out against the rest of nature and seem to call
> for a special kind of explanation?
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> Because a theory, ID (Paley's version, let's say), told us not to expect
> to see such things.
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> That's a useful theory, or, more modestly, a theory that says something
> about the world. It rules out certain possibly observable states
> of affairs. When we then *observe* those states of affairs, we have
> a puzzle calling for explanation.
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> Paul Nelson
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