RE: [asa] Random Design

As I understand it, a fractal is not a physical thing but a visual of a
mathematical equation. You could say the same for cones and other
things that can be mathematically-visually graphed...?

...Bernie

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From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On
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Subject: [asa] Random Design

Would fractals be another, non-biological, example of Random Design?
Are
fractals are a good counter-argument to the idea that "random processes
can't produce complex structures with the appearance of design"?

Jon Tandy

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Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 2:59 PM
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Subject: [asa] seminar on God, randomness & evolution: Fri. Feb. 15,
3:30

For the Grand Rapids, MI, area:

The next Christian Perspectives in Science seminar at Calvin College is

        Friday, February 15, 3:30 PM in Science Building room 110.

Speaker: Richard Colling, Professor of Biology, Olivet Nazarene
       University; author of the book "Random Designer"
                    (http://www.randomdesigner.com)

Title: Randomness, Purpose, God, and Evolution: Can they go together?

Abstract:
   The history books of life -- fossils and DNA -- reveal a most
remarkable
creation story. Over unfathomable eons of prescribed life and death
cycles,

single-celled life has advanced as a divine, majestic, and
interconnected
web.
Filling every niche of our dynamic ever-changing planet, evolutionary
creation
has miraculously culminated in sentient beings capable of self and
God-awareness -- us! As Christians desiring to remain faithful and
culturally
credible in our claim that God is the creator and that all truth is
God's
truth, we are challenged to work together across faith boundaries
seeking
ways
to effectively integrate knowledge from science into a dynamic and
coherent
faith. This talk introduces a new creation "logos" -- Random (Equal
Opportunity) Design. Simple, but ultimately profound, random design
reflects
a
God-ordained and sustained paradigm of astonishing creative genius that
produces an integrated network of unrivaled biological development. The
talk
includes defining appropriate definitions of randomness, the importance
of
adequate information/dot development, examples of randomness generating
remarkable biological order, and a call to expand traditional views of
scripture and science to accommodate a bigger, more profound God.
  ====
http://www.calvin.edu/~lhaarsma/ChrPerspSciSeminarPage.html)

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