Re: [asa] RE: Analogies for pseudogenes... a tipping point for the ASA? ([asa] Re: On the Barr-West exchange and ID/TE)

Murray,

Correct.

Bernie is a materialist. He either doesn't know he is a materialist, or
doesn't know what materialism is, or doesn't know what the arguments for and
against materialism are, or he doesn't want to talk about materialism. So he
talks about everything else. But down at the core is materialism. And his
discussions on the "everything else" is based on those assumptions.
What is really unfair, mostly to himself but also to the rest of us, is he
has evaluated both Christianity and science based upon his materialism.
Assumptions which none of the ASA members share. So its an endless "talking
past each other". A complete waste of time.

Nobody will be able to help him unless he (or they) confront his materialism
head on.
Since he avoids the subject, that's not happening. I grow weary of the
list.
I do appreciate hearing the background of John Walley - now I understand him
a little bit better. But I think some of you big guns who have the
capability and who want to should engage Bernie on materialism. I don't
want to. I am tired of the endless prattle - and like Iain I dumpster his
email with a spam filter.

But why doesn't the ASA just make a case against materialism in general?
Not in a discussion with Bernie. In a discussion with the world. Thats one
of those FAQ types of areas.

Thanks,
Dave C

On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Murray Hogg <muzhogg@netspace.net.au>wrote:

>
>
> Dehler, Bernie wrote:
>
>> " Sorry to report, but your microcode analogy isn't quite on the money.
>> Remember we're not talking about God A copying the work of God B - but
>> rather the one God engaging in two creative acts."
>>
>> The illustration is to prove the point of copying, versus 'de novo'
>> creation. It holds if the copying is done internally at the same company or
>> by a competitor. The point: if someone claims something is copied vs. made
>> 'de novo,' we can detect that (like ID claims... oops, ID now proves
>> evolution, common descent!).
>>
>>
>> " So a better analogy would be Code A from company A, vs Code B from
>> company A - in which instance we'd probably expect shared code when the two
>> programs are seeking to do the same thing."
>>
>> You'd expect shared code from the same company, but not shared bugs,
>> unless the workers are incompetent. God is supposed to be perfect. So if
>> He created 'de novo' with bugs, he wasn't too bright... not the God which is
>> posited by Christian apologists.
>>
>>
>> " Presumably, as regards the rest, a person who wanted to refuse an
>> evolutionary interpretation of the DNA data might posit that (1) we don't
>> know that the "junk" DNA is, in fact, junk, and (2) the "corruptions" in the
>> code are the result of the fall."
>>
>> For 1, it is obvious that a. the gene works in ancestors b. we have a
>> messed-up copy that no longer does that function which was done in the
>> ancestor.
>>
>> For 2, the fall doesn't explain why pseudogenes are messed-up for both
>> apes and man, but not lower lifeforms. Did the apes fall with man, but not
>> the mice?
>> "Indeed, your "fodder for future evolution" remark could well play into
>> the hands of objectors: perhaps the reason God put this material in the
>> genome was precisely to allow for future contingencies?"
>>
>> Bottom line, if 'de novo' creation were true, there's no reason to have
>> left over junk in there unless you want to create an illusion of descent.
>> And Christians don't like that because they don't think God is a liar.
>>
>> ...Bernie
>>
>
> Bottom line, actually, is this is all about YOUR assumptions about what God
> would, or wouldn't do.
>
> Until you realize that others don't share your assumptions, you'll continue
> to talk past anybody who tries to engage with you - as you've done above.
>
> Blessings,
> Murray
>
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