On Thu, 21 Sep 2000 17:25:57 -0400, Philip Thrift <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>On Thu, 21 Sep 2000 13:17:23 -0700, Ken Stuart <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 21 Sep 2000 14:22:27 -0400, Philip Thrift <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>What is the natural law of Intelligent Design ? Seems super-natural
>>>to me.
>>
>>You keep applying implied pejoratives to anything or anyone that advocates
>any
>>alternative to scientific materialism, as if there was some personal attack
>>involved in anyone positing ideas to the contrary.
>
>I just meant "outside of nature", and thus not a scientific theory.

Then, you are not understanding the difference between "God of the
gaps" and
"Intelligent Design".

To quote from the book "Intelligent Design" by William Dembski:

" Thus if design presupposes 'miraculous additions', then design
cannot be a
proper subject for scientific investigation.  But - and this is the
crucial
point - as soon as it is realized that design and miracles are
separate issues
that are not logically connected, the question of design in biology
immediately
revives. "


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Cheers,

Ken
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