Re: [asa] What Neo-Creationists Get Right

On 6/20/08, David Opderbeck <dopderbeck@gmail.com> wrote (in part):

"The third noteworthy point IDers make has its roots, paradoxically, in a
kind of psychological empiricism. Millions of people believe they directly
experience the reality of a Creator every day, and to them it seems like
nonsense to insist that He does not exist. Unless they are lying, God's
existence is to them an observable fact"

Perhaps a bit overstated, although the point you make is true. Although my
own epiphanies (experiencing God's reality) are few -- they are, none the
less, convincing to me. Do I call them "an observabable fact?" I think that
I would argue "yes," although they fall into a category midway between the
subjective and objective -- that is, Polyani's "personal."

The fact that I claim this does not make me, however, very sympathetic to
the current ID movement. While I wish them well, I fear they are on wild
goose chases and will wind up doing a disservice to the Christ they honor.

Burgy

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Received on Fri Jun 20 14:26:11 2008