Denyse wrote:
The ID people may be right or wrong
in their assertions, but that must be determined from evidence. As such,
I think they are much closer to the heart of science.
Scientists just love to factor in divine intervention in a sequence of a
causal chain of otherwise seemingly natural events. It makes
results so downright unpredictable. And we all know how scientists
prefer to not be able to predict anything.
Opening the door to interventionism, which is the "heart" of
ID, is more like the "heart attack" of science, to preserve
your metaphor.
Does God's intervention stop at life processes, or does it persist in all
physical processes?
Boyle's Law states that under conditions of constant temperature and
quantity, there is an inverse relationship between the volume and
pressure for an ideal gas. Allowing for God's sporadic intervention
in chemical processes would require a caveat such as: "as God
permits," after every scientific theory.
Let's see how this looks in a science book: Boyle's law - the
pressure of an ideal gas at constant temperature varies inversely with
the volume, God permitting.
And of course, we have genetic diseases caused by genetic changes.
God's miscues probably. Dabbling in DNA alteration to affect
changes in evolving life forms may unleash a few undesirable diseases,
but what the heck, we have hard-working scientists trying to correct
them. What else would they be doing if it weren't for correcting
God's mistakes?
So, in essence, the Ohio school board is lifting the lid on Pandora's
box. It will be interesting to see what flies out.
Dick Fischer -
Genesis Proclaimed Association
Finding Harmony in Bible, Science, and History
www.genesisproclaimed.org
Received on Sat Mar 13 10:15:40 2004