--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bob, > > To me, intelligent design theory is completely inadequate and > > unexplanatory and not as comprehensive as what MMY said. I think > > it's necessary to distinguish between reacting to behavior, which is > > what God does, and controlling everything, which intelligent design > > theorists seem to embrace. Human beings have obvious freedom of > > choice, and they suffer or enjoy based on the feedback from those > > choices. But animals and plants, although they do not have the > > consciousness to override their genetically-determined behaviors, do > > engage in maladaptive behaviors which result in feedback that > > eventually eliminates them. So natural selection, whether it is seen > > as decisions by a God or as decisions by impersonal natural laws, is > > a fact that is not acknowledged by intelligent design theorists > > because of their limited intelligence and knowledge -- MMY is not > > saying what intelligent design theorists are saying. >
> When asked whether evolution or creationism was true, M. said "Both are". *********** Right, which is why intelligent design and creationism alone are inadequately explanatory. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/