Re: Cambridge Publishes Neo-Creationism

John W. Burgeson (johnburgeson@juno.com)
Sat, 24 Oct 1998 09:54:49 -0600

Kevin wrote:

> is there anytime when science should make the "no possible natural
mechanism" conclusion instead of the "no known natural mechanism"
conclusion?>

PMFJI. THis is a key question. I would answer it "no"
because I hold to the methodological naturalism foundation of science. I
suspect Al Plantinga (the philosopher) as well as Behe, Johnson, etc.
would answer it "yes."

As Plantinga points out, however, the difference between a "no" and a
"yes" is pretty much a debate on what words mean. If I substitute the
word "I" for "science" in what you've written it reads:

>> is there anytime when I should make the "no possible natural
mechanism" conclusion instead of the "no known natural mechanism"
conclusion?>>

And to this question I must answer "yes." But I don't (personally) call
it "science" when I do so.

Does this help? Or hinder? < G >

Burgy

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