Re: More fusillades in the ID wars

Don Winterstein wrote:

> What if it is impossible for life to form spontaneously from
> some chemical soup or whatever?  What if it is impossible for life to
> go from single cells to the multicellular organisms of the Cambrian
> explosion without special intervention?  Scientists can't and
> shouldn't assume such events are impossible, but that doesn't
> mean such events are therefore possible.  In other words, it is at
> least within the realm of possibility that life as we know it would
> not exist had there not been special divine intervention at crucial
> points. 

An important question here is if God is the Creator of the very stuff
of creation, and the author of all of its laws and regularities, what
is the implication if the creation is incapable of bringing forth that
which God desires. Howard Van till has raised this point on several
occasions and I think that it is a very significant one.

 From a different perspective, I recently attended the Gordon Conference
on the Origin of Life in Ventura, CA. It was a very interesting event.
  While the issues and problems are numerous, one of the clear
impressions is that the transition to living systems is far from
impossible. Surprising discoveries and insights have been gained, and
progress is being made on nearly all fronts.

Keith
Received on Thu Feb 3 10:30:25 2005