From: Howard J. Van Till (hvantill@chartermi.net)
Date: Sat Jul 26 2003 - 11:33:53 EDT
>From: "Richard McGough" <richard@biblewheel.com>
> ID-biogenesis *predicts* the current state of scientific observations
> whereas abiogenesis is contradicted by it.
Sorry, my baloney detector just went off. The noise is deafening.
ID theory has no way whatsoever of predicting which particular portions of
the universe's formational economy would be missing. No way whatsoever. Deal
with it. Your claims re prediction are empty.
ID has opportunity to introduce the ID hypothesis (fundamentally, its
version of deus ex machina) only when the current state of scientific
knowledge is inadequate to craft a causally specific account of some biotic
phenomenon. (Furthermore, that causally specific account must be
sufficiently detailed to satisfy the most AR of ID theorists.)
ID theory is built on appeal to ignorance, and it's high time that ID
proponents demonstrated the courage to admit it.
Howard Van Till
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