RE: More fusillades in the ID wars

I may be rather naïve, but I do not see how a purely physical system governed by purely physical laws can arise to anything that can be identified as life. In fact, how does one characterize life in purely physical terms? I do not think anyone can. If we are talking science, let us not invoke God. If we do invoke God, then everyone can spin its own but nothing definite can be arrived at.

Moorad

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From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu on behalf of Keith Miller
Sent: Thu 2/3/2005 10:26 AM
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Subject: 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, 3 Feb 2005 10:49:04 -0500