From: Jan de Koning (jan@dekoning.ca)
Date: Fri Nov 08 2002 - 21:18:42 EST
At 06:53 AM 08/11/2002 +0100, Peter Ruest wrote:
And I do not repeat most of the writing:
>This implies that, from what is presently known about it, the type III
>system does not disprove irreducible complexity of the flagellum system.
>Of course, this, in itself, does not prove it, either.
>
>Peter
>--
Nor does it prove anything. Also, faith is not based on proof. If it
were, we would not have any Christianity.
What I miss in all these discussions is a real evaluation of the basic
systems of faith, philosophies, in the times of the bible, and in our own
time. These philosophies influenced the way the OT was written, since God
would not have anyone write in a way people could not understand. Also,
translators have certain views inherited which influence the way they
translate. I mentioned before the words translated by "soul", "spirit",
"heart". In other places these words are translated by "living being",
"wind", "blood" etc.
As long as we do not take these philosophies into account all our
discussions will lead nowhere. I tried in the past to get a discussion
going on this, since I believe not taking these philosophies into account
will lead to endless and fruitless debate.
I hope that when I come back in about three weeks, these backgrounds will
be discussed.
Jan de Koning
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