From: richard@biblewheel.com
Date: Tue Jul 22 2003 - 00:41:44 EDT
Hi Glen, you wrote:
>I would disagree. The fact that the nuclear force is such to allow stable
>elements and the electrical force is of the strength it is, so that stable
>chemistry can occur HAS to be part of any design. Afterall, if chemistry
>doesn't work, then neither do spiders.
I think this is a valid but separate issue that would fall under the rubric
of fine-tuning.
Fine-tuning is different from the ID of Life. E.g. - it is conceivable that
an ID person could admit that the laws necessary for life supporting
chemistry could arise through a lucky roll of the multi-verse dice while
denying that 14 billion years was sufficient time for the evolution of life
in any given universe. Of course, in practice I would expect a typical ID
person to support both ID of the Laws of Nature and the ID of Life. But its
also conceivable that a person could support the ID of the Laws as the
necessary precurser to darwinian evolution. The arguments appear to be
independent.
You also said:
>And if the 'design' of the elements is due to evolution, then why must we
>consider the spider as being due to anything else? Still seems inconsistent
>to me.
Again, it seems like we are talking about two completely different kinds of
evolution. In fact, it seems we are using the word "evolution" in a
completely different sense in the two cases.
Also, we know that the structure of the heavy elements can result from
fusion - we have equations that tell us so. We don't have anything like that
kind of knowledge when it comes to biogenesis and the subsequent evolution
of species.
Good talking again Glen,
Richard Amiel McGough
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