Re: TEs vs materialism and McGrath vs ID

While I am not a proponent of ID, I hardly expect ID, or any divine creation
theory for that matter, to bring anyone to a faith in Christ. While such
views may serve as a launching pad by lending credibility to the arguments
for the existence of a divine creator, they hardly serve as a gospel
presentation. Flew's lack of salvation experience cannot be blamed on ID.

-Phil

----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Nield" <d.nield@auckland.ac.nz>
To: "Rich Blinne" <rich.blinne@gmail.com>
Cc: "Denyse O'Leary" <oleary@sympatico.ca>; "Ted Davis"
<TDavis@messiah.edu>; <asa@lists.calvin.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 7:55 PM
Subject: Re: TEs vs materialism and McGrath vs ID

> Rich Blinne wrote:
>
>
> Yes, and there is another way in which, in the process of undercutting
> Dawkins, McGrath has simultaneously undercut ID. McGrath has pointed
> out that, even before the publication of Darwin's "Origin of the
> Species", John Henry Newman had lambasted Paley's "physical theology".
> I add that today we see the inadequacy of ID in the fact that it can
> bring Antony Flew from atheism to deisism, but not to a faith in Christ.
> Don
>
>
Received on Tue May 24 22:00:56 2005