Howard postes: "The question is, did the Creator give the Creation
sufficient formational capabilities for discovering/actualizing the
requisite proteins for life, or did the Creator have to step in
occasionally to bridge gaps (the consequence of missing formational
capabilities) in the Creation's formational economy by coercing the
requisite atoms to assume a particular protein structure?"
I will argue that the above is NOT the question. Or, if it is, it is
posed in such a way to beg the question in favor of Howard's position.
Let me see if I can rephrase it neutrally:
The question is, did the Creator give the Creation sufficient formational
capabilities for discovering/actualizing the requisite proteins for life,
or did the Creator choose to modify the Creation over time, in the sense
that a violin maker might choose to build a "perfect" violin which could
only be apprehended as perfect when he played it."
I'm not really sure that's neutral -- it may be biased as much towards
the opposite of Howard's position as I perceived his statement to be
towards his.
Burgy (John Burgeson)
www.burgy.50megs.com
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