On Sun, Jun 25, 2006 at 08:13:55PM -0400, Randy Isaac wrote:
> Keith,
> I certainly agree with what you say. However, the fact remains that ID
> has brought the issue of science and theism on the agenda in a way that no
> one else at ASA has been able to do.
It is unarguably true that ID has put the issue of science and
theism on the agenda. The problem I find with this statement is that
it seems to assume any discussion of theism is good thing, and
implicitly that the word God is unambiguous. In my opinion, what is
tragic is that 1) the ID discussion is about Dawkins' god, a god in
whom Jews, Muslims, and Christians do not believe, and 2) that neither
the general public nor most Christians understand that the discussion
is not about YHWH, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Lets not
pretend as ID (and much of our discussion) does that theism can be
discussed apart from Jesus or anything Christian.
More from a previous post of mine below.
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