Bob wrote:
>Why do you fail to see that I am advocating a differential analysis approach
>that seeks to identify, and if possible, quantify the different contribution
>of various causal variables, in this case, natural selection and intelligent
>design, to the phenomenon being studied. This is not either/or.
Let me try to explain Howard's point.
Lets us say we were looking for the causal factors in the rate of a
particular chemical reaction. Someone decided to "quantify the different
contribution
of various causal variables, in this case, temperature and concentration of
a particular reagent." As stated these are being consider as two different
variables.
That is what you apper to be saying - "natural selection" and "intelligent
design" are being considered as two different variables. The issue for
Howard and me is that these _are not_ separate variables to us. We
understand natural selection as an expression of intelligent design by the
Creator. They are not two separate causal variable like temperature and
concentration.
Keith
Keith B. Miller
Department of Geology
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506
kbmill@ksu.edu
http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~kbmill/
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