From: Dick Fischer (dickfischer@earthlink.net)
Date: Thu Oct 16 2003 - 00:22:43 EDT
Bill Payne wrote:
>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?
>
>There you go Dick; if you lust after multiple women then, since God
>allowed you to lust He apparently wants you to lust. Don't fight it, just
>let everything run its course and then blame it on God.
I think you made my point.
>Exodus 4:11: "Who gives speech to mortals? Who makes them mute or deaf,
>seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?"
>
>Dick said: 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?
>Since God says He makes people mute, deaf, seeing or blind, then by what
>criteria do you make exceptions for Huntington's diseae, etc.? It would
>be really nice if you would defend your position with Scripture this time.
I cited the example of genetic diseases caused by genetic
defects. Deafness and blindness do not result normally from inherited bad
genes. Plus we can observe miscopied genes, broken genes, duplicated
genes, and pseudo genes directly. If you think God deliberately made them
that way, then you probably also think that God made a recent earth and
universe cleverly to look as if they were ancient. My God doesn't create
defects and then call the creation, "good." If yours does, then maybe we
aren't worshipping the same God.
Dick Fischer - Genesis Proclaimed Association
Finding Harmony in Bible, Science, and History
www.genesisproclaimed.org
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