On Apr 2, 2007, at 6:56 AM, Ted Davis wrote:
>
>
> Also, Pim, I esp recommend that you step away a bit from PT (which
> is not
> much more objective than Dembski's blog, when it comes right down
> to it) and
> realize something very, very important about ID. Philip Johnson was
> responding to two specific influences, when he wrote "Darwin on
> Trial."
> One, to be sure, was Denton's book, "Evolution: A Theory in
> Crisis," but the
> other one was Dawkins' "The Blind Watchmaker." If there were no
> Dawkins and
> company, I have little doubt, there would be no Johnson and company
> as a
> direct, highly vocal response.
>
One of ID's concerns is whether TE is a lap dog of atheism.
Hopefully, Collins continual engagement with Dawkins will provide for
some good will that will convince them otherwise. Furthermore, I hope
that ID proponents see that how Collins engages Dawkins is more
fruitful than their "warfare" model. What Pim is doing is
unfortunately reinforcing all the wrong stereotypes about TE with the
ID proponents. This is why TEs like myself are distancing ourselves
from such a naive appraisal of Dawkins. Dawkins is not merely going
after the bad science of ID. He is going after all Christians.
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