I don't know why you call it a strawman, and I don't really care if you do.
That term is thrown out way too often as a means of combatting an opposing
view.
What's evidence? The cell is is a far more complex machine than humans have
ever devised or imagined. We've only begun to understand how it works
within the last 100 years. In human experience, where there is order and
design, there is a designer and an intelligence behind it. People of all
kinds and backgrounds routinely conclude that objects are made and
manufactured by intelligent minds. Even an artifact, an arrowhead laying in
the dirt is posited to have a maker, and it's far less complex than a single
cell.
Tom C.
From: John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Religon, Christ vs. the Other Guy
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 20:38:02 -0500
On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 05:59:20PM -0700, Tom C wrote:
>
> I don't believe science can or ever will discover the true nature of
God.
> On the other hand when it comes to determining cause and effect, if it
> turns out that the cause of the universe as we know it is a person, and
not
> just a thing or cataclysmic event, then science would *never* find that
out
> because they exclude that possibility. *If* they ignore the possibility
of
> a creator when it comes to the origins of life on earth, and *if* they
are
> wrong, then they are simply piecing together a bunch of facts, creating
> circumstantial evidence because it fits the result they wish to
conclude,
> as opposed to letting the facts lead them to the conclusion. If science
is
> supposed to be a search for truth and knowledge, yet some scientists
> stubbornly refuse to consider all options, how will that further the
cause?
That's a strawman argument. Science doesn't start from an assumption
that there is no creator - it just refuses to posit a creator absent
any actual evidence for such a hypothesis.
Asd for accusations of creating circumstantial facts to fit a pre-
concieved hypothesis - take care of that beam in your eye, before
you worry about the mote in that of the scientists.
