At 09:16 PM 7/22/98 -0500, Ron Chitwood wrote:
>Suit yourself. I do.
>Ye shall know the Truth, and the Truth
>shall make you free. John 8:32
>Ron Chitwood
>chitw@flash.net
>
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>> From: Steve Clark <ssclark@facstaff.wisc.edu>
>> To: Ron Chitwood <chitw@flash.net>
>> Cc: Calvin Evolution Reflector <evolution@calvin.edu>
>> Subject: Re: Putting evolution to work on the assembly line
>> Date: Wednesday, July 22, 1998 5:43 PM
>>
>> At 04:42 PM 7/22/98 -0500, Ron Chitwood wrote:
>> >You did go into great detail. I was thinking of Sherlock Holmes and his
>> >use of Ockham's Razor. The possibility with the least amount of
>> >possibilities is usually the right one.
>> >
>> >In the case of God vs macroevolutionism, only one unprovable possibility
>is
>> >involved when one says, "God created....". There are 3 unprovable
>> >assumptions that must be made otherwise. 1. Environment was conducive
>to
>> >life, 2.Chance created life, 3. random selection increased the variety.
>>
>> The analogy here is imperfect. Ron compares apples to oranges. Better
>> constructed analogies would either be that "God created..." and "nature
>> created...". Or the following:
>>
>> 1. Environment was conducive to life, 2. Chance created life, 3. Random
>> selection increased the variety.
>>
>> and this
>>
>> 1. God made the environment conducive to life, 2. God created life, 3.
>God
>> increased the variety.
>>
>> I don't think that invoking Ockham's Razor to argue in favor of a
>> creationist position is very compelling.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Steve
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