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Percy
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Message 7 of 193 (19964)
10-15-2002 8:46 PM
Reply to: Message 5 by Tranquility Base
10-15-2002 8:20 PM


TB writes:
Delshad the type of evoltuion you are believing in is very different to that of the atheists here.
Atheist and evolutionist are not synonyms. The evolutionists on this board are atheists, agnostics, deists and theists. No one classification seems to dominate from what I can see.
--Percy

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Percy
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Message 13 of 193 (19977)
10-15-2002 11:03 PM
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10-15-2002 9:38 PM


TB writes:
I am saying exactly what I said - the evolution of an atheist is very different to that of some non-atheists.
As Nos says, evolution is evolution. One's religious beliefs aren't a factor.
PS - that's a very nice quoting style.
Thanks! It'll be available to everyone as a new UBB code before the end of the year.
--Percy

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Message 20 of 193 (20046)
10-16-2002 8:28 PM
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10-15-2002 11:39 PM


Any evolutionary views that Delshad or anyone else might have that are unsupported by evidence, such as divine intervention, are unscientific and not part of the theory of evolution. An evolutionist is someone who accepts the scientific theory of evolution. Any person who's evolutionary views include supernatural causes would be grouped among the Creationists.
--Percy

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Percy
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Message 23 of 193 (20051)
10-16-2002 9:18 PM
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10-16-2002 9:05 PM


I guess it leaves them looking for evidence!
By the way, my religious persona believes just as you described, that God was involved in the evolution of the universe, of life, and of man himself. If that persona begun contributing here, in my view he would be a Creationist.
It is also as you describe that my religious and scientific personas are separate, never confused. I take a scientific approach to the natural world, and a spiritual approach to the supernatural world. It would be wonderful to find natural evidence of the supernatural world and bring the two together, but I'm not expecting it to happen.
--Percy

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Message 81 of 193 (20240)
10-19-2002 8:51 AM
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10-16-2002 11:37 PM


And Henry Morris believed the data supported his views. And Michael Behe his views. And wmscott his views. What these Creationist views most have in common is that they disagree with you and each other. When evidence is of secondary importance then any conclusion is possible.
--Percy

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