Tell the Pope, Denyse
-- Read brief excerpts from my book, By Design or by Chance?: The Growing Controversy On the Origins of Life in the Universe (Augsburg Fortress, 2004) at http://www.designorchance.com/press.html Study Guide: http://www.arn.org/arnproducts/books/b088sk.htm Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0806651776/qid=1109790930/sr=8 -1/ref=pd_csp_1/104-8617533-8799957?v=glance&s=books&n=507846 My blog: http://post-darwinist.blogspot.com/ (go to other blogs from here) Denyse O'Leary Tel: 416 485-2392 Fax: 416 485-2392 oleary@sympatico.ca www.designorchance.com Sorry Denyse, this won't work. "Intelligent Design" in English is now a technical term & you always need to be careful with those in any language. The fact that a German word _can_ mean "design" doesn't prove that it's being used in the same technical sense that Dembski, z.B., means when he says "design." Cassells lists 16 English meanings for /der Plan/, of which the 11th is "design." The 10th is "plan." If the Pope wants to make an explicit endorsement of ID he should do it in English because that's the language in which it has become a technical term. Besides, there is still the ambiguity between "intelligent design" as a religious belief & as a putative scientific theory. Of course the former is the correct view not only of RCs but of all Christians. The latter is a different matter. (Do you know the difference Denyse? Some things you write make me wonder.) Shalom George http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.8/166 - Release Date: 11/10/2005Received on Fri Nov 11 16:57:40 2005
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