Re: [asa] Random Design

Some algorithm (design) is required to produce the fractal (origin) ,
but then random processes lead to complex structures with the appearance
of design (development).
Don
> 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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> -----Original Message-----
> From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On
> Behalf Of Loren Haarsma
> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 2:59 PM
> To: _American Sci Affil
> Subject: [asa] seminar on God, randomness & evolution: Fri. Feb. 15, 3:30
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> For the Grand Rapids, MI, area:
>
> The next Christian Perspectives in Science seminar at Calvin College is
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> 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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Received on Fri Feb 8 17:21:47 2008