Reflectorites
On Thu, 20 Apr 2000 14:05:52 -0700, billwald@juno.com wrote:
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BW>OK, but he can do it without resorting to miracles/magic
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BW>OK, but does he need to do miracles/magic to complete his plan?
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BW>In other words, miracles are magic that God does and magic is miracles
>that bad guys do.
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BW>No. but God does not need to do magic/miracles.
[...]
If Bill can't get past the idea that God intervening supernaturally in
nature must be "magic", then we really won't have a lot to discuss.
Steve
PS: I have after this post read three other posts from Bill which bear an
uncanny resemblance to the `throw away one-liner' posts of one Pim
van Meurs, who is no longer on the Reflector:
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Re: Novel paradigms?
On Thu, 20 Apr 2000 11:33:30 -0700, billwald@juno.com wrote:
>>Cuvier's teleological principle:
>>Of all the forms which biological structure x might have in environment
>>, the one hich is actually attained is that which optimizes the function.
BW>Assumes that environment y is constant, ingores the time lag in the
>process. Maybe should say, "optimizes the function for the previous
>environment?"
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Re: Novel paradigms?
On Thu, 20 Apr 2000 11:25:08 -0700, billwald@juno.com wrote:
>>What do we think Buddhists, Pagans, or Hindu's have to say about ID?
BW>Don't forget space aliens. We could have been seeded by space aliens. For
>example:
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> Go to www.hiddenmeanings.com.
> Scroll down till you find IS ETA CARINA GOD ?
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Re: Gene duplication and design
On Wed, 19 Apr 2000 22:58:51 -0700, billwald@juno.com wrote:
>> Advanced intelligence and morality are seen only in human beings
BW>so no way to prove and cause and effect.
>> and morality seems to require intelligence.
BW>But intelligence does not require morality. The prisons contain many
>intelligent people.
>> Further, advanced intelligence combined with knowledge leads to
>advanced morality.
BW>Assumes facts not in evidence.
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I am therefore assuming that "Bill Wald" might actually *be* Pim van
Meurs.
Pim's one-liners were so mindless, that in the end I gave up wasting
my time on them and I inserted a filter in my emailer to delete his
posts unread.
Whether Bill is Pim or not, Bill's style is so similar to Pim's that I have
now taken the same action to filter out Bill's name. So I will no
longer see Bill's posts except when others answer him. If I see his
posts improve in substance in his debates with others then I will
remove the filter.
Steve
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