Re: [asa] Timaeus--ID isn't "god of the gaps"

A significant problem I have with all this is that, from a Christian
perspective, *all* "negatives" are "false" negatives, and *all* evolution is
teleological.

David W. Opderbeck
Associate Professor of Law
Seton Hall University Law School
Gibbons Institute of Law, Science & Technology

On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 11:57 PM, Nucacids <nucacids@wowway.com> wrote:

> Hi Randy,
>
> I don't use the explanatory filter.
>
> "What happens to the argument if there is NO discontinuity?" It depends on
> the score for the other three criteria - analogy, rationality, and
> foresight. If they score strongly positive, then I'd score the thing in
> question as an example of teleologic/guided evolution.
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Randy Isaac <randyisaac@comcast.net>
> *To:* asa@calvin.edu
> *Sent:* Monday, November 03, 2008 10:28 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [asa] Timaeus--ID isn't "god of the gaps"
>
> Mike,
> I must be missing something since I don't comprehend. This link doesn't
> provide all of the relevant text so I clearly need the additional
> information. But this snippet is still significant: "But the most
> significant aspect of this analysis is that it demonstrates that our design
> inference for the genetic code is not rooted in a " god-of-the-gaps"
> argument. Such an argument would have a defining pattern of
> gray-white-gray-gray, where the only indicator of design would be an
> argument for discontinuity."
>
> If I understand you correctly, you are saying that the "god of the gaps"
> critique doesn't apply because "discontinuity" is not the "only" indicator.
> But I'm asking a different question. What happens to the argument if there
> is NO discontinuity? I don't know what your scale is but what happens if
> there is no discontinuity and the explanatory filter criteria are not met?
>
> Randy
>
> Mike wrote:
> *Subject:* Re: [asa] Timaeus--ID isn't "god of the gaps"
>
> Hi Randy,
>
> I cannot speak for Timaeus, but I can speak for myself:
>
> http://www.thedesignmatrix.com/content/god-of-the-gaps-in-the-matrix/
>
> -Mike
>
>

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