From: Dick Fischer (dickfischer@earthlink.net)
Date: Tue Oct 14 2003 - 13:01:08 EDT
Bill Payne wrote:
>On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 10:30:24 -0400 Dick Fischer
><<mailto:dickfischer@earthlink.net>dickfischer@earthlink.net> writes:
>
>ID mandates an intervening God, causing us to question why the Creator did
>not intervene at other critical junctions. Humans, to name just one
>species, suffer from over 3,000 genetic diseases from genetic defects. If
>a creator is responsible for all the positive mutations throughout the
>history of life on earth, what (or who) bears responsibility for the
>genetic blunders resulting in genetic disorders? Promoting a creator who
>pushes the throttle but sleeps at the switch serves no useful purpose, not
>scientifically or theologically.
> *****************
>
>I see a bit of a problem here if you are suggesting that God is only
>reponsible for what we consider "positive mutations" and not what we
>consider the "genetic blunders". In Exodus 4:11: "Who gives speech to
>mortals? Who makes them mute or deaf, seeing or blind? Is it not I, the
>Lord?"
The problem, as I see it, is that ID is predicated on positive
alterations. If they wish to credit the Creator directly for Huntington's
Disease, etc., then how "intelligent" is that?
>And in the New Testament, John 9:2-3: " 'Rabbi, who sinned, this man or
>his parents, that he was born blind?' Jesus answered, 'Neither this man
>nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God's works might be
>revealed in him.' "
Could have been a remark specific to that individual who would prove to be
an example for us all.
>According to Scripture, God is reponsible for it all, and ultimately it
>will all be shown to be good.
If that was true, then we should stop developing cures since we are
obviously thwarting God's will. You could apply that same principle to
infectious diseases which, since God allowed us to catch them, He
apparently wants us to have them, so we should let them run their course,
and if we die then God must prefer us dead. Is this a philosophy you
subscribe to?
Dick Fischer - Genesis Proclaimed Association
Finding Harmony in Bible, Science, and History
www.genesisproclaimed.org
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