| I'm making the same argument, Perry -- that these facts point to the universe not having been designed by an intelligence. An intelligence would not have designed it this way. I select facts and make an inference. The IDers do the same exact thing. Neither is anything more than a belief that rings true to the observer. I cannot persuade in irrefutable form that there is no god. I cannot be persuaded that there is. The best that can be done either way is to say that the particular data persuades me or it doesn't. If I don't believe in god, then it is a bit hard to buy the ID inferences. If I do believe in god, then the ID inferences may be persuasive -- as a matter of belief, not science. Steve On Dec 21, 2005, at 2:27 PM, Perry Dane wrote:
-- Prof. Steven D. Jamar vox: 202-806-8017 Howard University School of Law fax: 202-806-8428 2900 Van Ness Street NW mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Washington, DC 20008 http://www.law.howard.edu/faculty/pages/jamar "I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and nonviolence are as old as the hills." Gandhi |
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