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by jeff
Tue May 31, 2005 4:37 pm
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Everything in Universe can be explained by natural means?
Replies: 47
Views: 21994

I would like to post a general reply to this topic. I have noticed a prominent misconception that is often rooted in discussions of this sort. There is a tendency to make a virtual "holy gail" out of the discipline of scientific inquiry. People often tend to use the standard of "scien...
by jeff
Sun Oct 03, 2004 8:47 am
Forum: Creation Talk
Topic: Some questions from a skeptic on the argument from design
Replies: 28
Views: 16770

Ber: Sorry I thought I had responded to what you were presenting about the design argument. I guess I could also say you never responded to any of the points I brought up. Read Dawkins long ago and if I remember right he never did answer any of the problems presented about the origin of life. The on...
by jeff
Sat Oct 02, 2004 6:23 pm
Forum: Creation Talk
Topic: Some questions from a skeptic on the argument from design
Replies: 28
Views: 16770

Ber; I will answer your second point first. I made not implication of where you are going to spend eternity. That is between you and God. I merely stated the fact that there are consequences to any actions we take. Whether it is speeding, theft, murder or the simple failure to do something. The crea...
by jeff
Tue Sep 28, 2004 9:35 pm
Forum: Christian Theology
Topic: I am a . . .
Replies: 12
Views: 5704

I lean to the positions that seem to have been held by the early church fathers in general. They held to the apostolic writings as the highest in authority. Though technically these writings can also be termed as church tradition they also held a distinction between the two. Tradition was held in hi...
by jeff
Tue Sep 14, 2004 8:41 pm
Forum: Creation Talk
Topic: Some questions from a skeptic on the argument from design
Replies: 28
Views: 16770

Ber: It could be argued that every one of the examples that you cited in your reply to me indicates design and not chance. The fluid dynamics you talk about results from very specific properties that govern the actions of fluids. I am sure you would argue that this is just due to the properties inhe...
by jeff
Mon Sep 13, 2004 12:51 am
Forum: Creation Talk
Topic: Some questions from a skeptic on the argument from design
Replies: 28
Views: 16770

Ber: Sorry if some of this has covered but I could only quickly scan your post on my way to work. One point I would make is that you misunderstand the basic idea of the design argument. It is not to show which god or gods created something but on to show that it is more probable that it was created ...