On 1/25/07, Janice Matchett <janmatch@earthlink.net> wrote:
> ~ Janice ..... as an aside, I think this is pretty funny too: "I will
> share some of my almost spiritual experiences and insights. Without beaches
> we would not be able to track Rubber duckies. And in addition.. the beach,
> which by now must appear to the reader to be an almost miraculous
> environment, also provide us with protection from flooding (dunes). One
> cannot escape the conclusion that these beaches were designed with a purpose
> in mind. A sceptic reader may object to the use of correlation to infer
> purpose but I intend to use a "cumulative case argument" to strengthen my
> case. By showing not only complexity but also a meaningfull pattern I will
> show how design is an INEVITABLE conclusion. ~ Pim van Meurs - April 18,
> 2004 12:34 PM -
> http://www.talkreason.org/articles/Beach.cfm
One of my more proud moments in arguing the vacuity behind the
Privileged Planet book by Gonzalez et al.
It gives me great pleasure that Janice is familiarizing herself with
my writings. Some spurious correlation, some envisioned 'purpose' and
analogies and I too can make specious intelligent design claims.
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