Re: Ben Stein's Movie EXPELLED - Could we have been "designed" by

dennisosm wrote:
> On Apr 28, 10:42 am, "Donald E. Flood" <Jeha...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "dennisosm" <dennisk...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> Hi folks,
>>> An implication from Ben Stein's movie "Expelled: No Intelligence
>>> Allowed" for me was that "intelligent design" _need not_ require "God
>>> language" but simply a designer, the designer simply being an older,
>>> higher intelligence -- "space aliens" ;-)
>> Correct.  ID would not prove supernaturalism or the existence of God.
>>
> So why would scientists be afraid of it?

Why should we be afraid of it? We go where evidence leads us. And it 
doesn't lead us to "ID". Simple as that.

>>> Now how would one discern that a particular biological process was the
>>> product of "intelligent design" rather than simply random processes.
>> Evolution is NOT random!!!
>>
> Would characterizing it as "unguided" (essentially random action on a
> weighted terrain) make you feel better?

A little bit.

Tokay




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