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PaulK
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Message 2 of 25 (80507)
01-24-2004 5:23 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by apostolos
01-24-2004 4:58 PM


Firstly you are making a grave error in linking a belief in evolution to lack of belief in God. I might point to people like Kenneth Miller or to the astronomer Howard Van Till who shares your belief that God sustains all that exists.
You are making a second error in assuming that a conclusion that God does not exist must be an exercise in faith. As many people arguing for God claim, organised complex entities demand an explanation for their existence - they are unlikely to simply exist. Yet any proposed God is just such an entity and there is no real explanation for the existence of a God. Given that, in the absence of any significant evidence to the contrary it is quite reasonable to come to the tentative conclusion that God does not exist. Or is it the case that you never form an opinion on a priori considerations such as those I have pointed out ?

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Message 21 of 25 (80616)
01-25-2004 9:16 AM
Reply to: Message 14 by apostolos
01-24-2004 8:56 PM


Re: What I meant...
What you meant still isn't clear.
When you describe evolution as a "worldview" what do you mean ?
Evolution as it is usually used in these discussions refers to a scientific theory dealing with the changes, and especially the diversification, in the fauna and flora of the Earth over time. It is not so all-encompassing as to be reasonably described as a worldview.
So youii need to carify if you were referring to evolution in that sense or some other sense in which the "worldview" label would be accurate - and to describe what that sense is.

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