Denyse O'Leary wrote:
> "As she finishes her book on the ID movement, I urge Denyse not to
> fall ill with PJS (Phillip Johnson's Syndrome), a condition of the
> brain, esp in highly intelligent people, that causes them to become
> unable to discern between varieties of TE, such that everything
> becomes "Darwinism" as PJ defines it. (And how does PJ define it?
> See Charles Hodge.)"
>
> Ted, hi!
>
> Your concern for my intellectual health is much appreciated.
> Eventually I will read all the posts; I always try to look at yours.
>
> I have no difficulty assuming that there are so many varieties of
> theistic evolutionism that I lose the thread after a while. However,
> there IS a thread. TE usually seems to mean that there is no evidence
> for God's intelligence or agency in the world we see. Faith is then an
> exercise in irrational choice.
Denyse, that just isn't right. It's clearly been your consistent
position, but it's an incorrect and unsubstantiatable assertion. It
seems to be an integral part of your (uncritical) tunnel vision on
Darwinism as the only form of thought receptive to the principles of
evolution. It's a point that you have consistently seemed to not grasp.
Most TE folks I know who are rejecting the premise of ID are NOT
rejecting intelligent design. Rather quite the contrary.
IM(sometimes)NSHO JimA
Received on Fri Mar 12 10:24:23 2004
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