From: Howard J. Van Till (hvantill@chartermi.net)
Date: Thu Oct 16 2003 - 08:11:51 EDT
>From: "Michael Roberts" <michael.andrea.r@ukonline.co.uk>
> If the Ice Age was the result of the Flood then Glaciers and Moraines can be
> seen to be intelligently designed
Michael,
Well, not exactly. Here's the problem. The pattern set by ID advocates seems
to be that inanimate objects like stars and planets (which, I presume,
include glaciers and moraines) are labeled "intelligently designed" when
they are formed as a consequence of a robust (& fine-tuned) system of
natural formational capabilities. Biotic things, on the other hand, are
labeled "intelligently designed" when the system of natural capabilities is
inadequate to do the job and needs to be supplemented by occasional episodes
of non-natural form-imposing intervention by an unidentified, unembodied,
choice-making agent who need not be God.
So, sorry, but your glaciers and moraines can't be intelligently designed :)
Howard Van Till
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