At 04:39 PM 06/05/2000 -0400, Bertvan@aol.com wrote:
>Steve C:
> >If science cannot explain evolution, why suppose it can explain something
> >like ID?
>
>Bertvan:
>I realize you disagree, Steve, but to me it is obvious that the universe is
>designed. I am skeptical that anyone will explain the origin of the design.
> I consider it possible that we might achieve a better understanding of
>evolution if free will, consciousness, intelligence, purpose, creativity,
>spontaneity and choice were acknowledged as characteristics of life. We will
>surely never understand life by pretending such qualities aren't "real", and
>by insisting that life is governed by the physical laws that govern
>non-living matter.
>Bertvan
Why do we have to recognize these qualities of life through
science. Scientists do not ignore them, we just have no experiments to
test them with. They are better appreciated and understood using other
ways of knowing.
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