Re: More fusillades in the ID wars

Dick wrote:

>
>Agreed. Now why was it that I was supposed to add your version of
>TE/EC to the methods requiring sporadic, intermittent divine
>intervention in the progression of life forms to bring about
>adaptations?

I'll respond to some of the other points later, but now just to this
point. It's amazing to me how different words can mean very different
things to different people. When I say that evolution "is an
expression of His creative and providential will", I mean that every
detail even down to atomic and quantum events is ordained and decreed
by God. So, no, I don't accept a "sporadic, intermittent divine
intervention in the progression of life"--divine "intervention" is
throughout and ever-present. Take Gould's replay the tape of life
idea--his notion of contingency results in a complete different
outcome. My notion of divine control (and contingency) results in
exactly the same outcome.

So, the problem of evil is present in full force. Mutations,
extinctions, "natural" evil, and all other evil for that matter, is
totally under the control of God. Evolution produces exactly what God
wants. Everything that is is the result of His plan and purpose.

TG

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