From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Sep 9 10:14:36 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D81F737B401 for ; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 10:14:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net (hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 737E043E65 for ; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 10:14:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tlambert2@mindspring.com) Received: from pool0088.cvx21-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net ([209.179.192.88] helo=mindspring.com) by hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17oS6s-0000S2-00; Mon, 09 Sep 2002 10:14:03 -0700 Message-ID: <3D7CD69E.E585EBBE@mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2002 10:13:02 -0700 From: Terry Lambert X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Neal E. Westfall" Cc: Giorgos Keramidas , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why did evolution fail? References: <20020909090839.J9219-100000@Tolstoy.home.lan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org "Neal E. Westfall" wrote: > > I think it fails the simplicity test, and it fails the predictive > > test. > > > > Your theory requires additional axioms that are not required by > > the previous theory, > > Yes, but *your* theory requires that one set aside the law of > non-contradiction. Self-creation is a logical impossibility. It doesn't require this, though I fail to see the paradox that's created by ignoring the "law of non-contradiction". I guess the question you raise when you say "Self-creation is a logical impossibility" is "Who created God?". 8-). > > and your theory failed to predict accurately > > the newly created taboo against the eating of non-fully-cooked beef > > in Britain and elsewhere as a result of the discovery of the prion > > source of BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, otherwise known > > as "mad cow disease"), or the ability of the disease to cross > > species boundaries into humans, and exhibit as nvCJD (new variant > > Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease). > > It was never intended to predict such things, only the reason for > the prohibition of certain taboos within the context of OT Israel > at a particular point in redemptive history. Your attempt to give > another reason is a subtle begging of the question and rationalization > to support your rejection of God. I think that if I were to wash my car, you would take it as a "rejection of God"... -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message