Re: [asa] The Science = Atheism Meme (evolving society, for Gregory)

On 7/31/08, Alexanian, Moorad <alexanian@uncw.edu> wrote:
> I am going to say something right off the top of my head. I
> will take you post and just make some minor changes and it makes just as
> make sense, if not even more, than what you wrote.
> -------------------
>
> You know, God (evolution) doesn't just create good things. He (It) creates
> even more mutants, retards, etc. than He (it) does something better. So an
> example of something going downward (in behavior, thought, etc.) doesn't
> disprove the actions of God (evolution) in society.
>

I see where you are coming from. The above assumes "evolution" refers
to an agency, rather than a descriptor.

Let me try this one. Substitute "gravity"

> You know, gravity doesn't just create good things. Gravity creates
> even more acccidents, deaths, etc. than it does something better. So an
> example of something going downward doesn't
> disprove the actions of gravity in our everyday life.

Here I am using the word "gravity" as an agent.

So much of the dialog on this list seems to center on word
definitions. I think Bacon was the guy who once wrote that when two
learned people disagree, it is almost always over word definitions!

"Gravity" is, of course, not an agent; it is (apparently) just the
result of living in a universe where mass attracts mass. Which in turn
is the result of living in a curved universe. Which in turn ... .

jb

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Received on Fri Aug 1 10:42:00 2008