Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 09:16:00 -0700 (PDT) From: "Neal E. Westfall" <nwestfal@directvinternet.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Why did evolution fail? Message-ID: <20020909090839.J9219-100000@Tolstoy.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <3D7A35A5.1A849D24@mindspring.com>
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On Sat, 7 Sep 2002, Terry Lambert wrote: > "Neal E. Westfall" wrote: > > > IMO, they had practical purpose. You can always trace taboos > > > back to community experiential knowledge. I rather think the > > > pork taboo was rooted in disease avoidance, since there are a > > > lot of diseases that cross species boundaries with pork, if it > > > is not prepared properly. Lacking sufficient foundation to > > > discover what "properly" was, the taboo was established (there > > > are alternate theories; that oneis merely the simplest). > > > > Here's mine: The people of Israel were set aside by God as His > > chosen people. As such they were to be distinguished from the > > gentiles through ceremonial practices, one of which included not > > eating pork. When the Messiah came, God expanded His promises > > to the whole world, there was no longer to be any distinction > > between jew and gentile, for all are one in Christ, thus to > > retain the ceremonial laws would be to not admit that Christ > > now joined the two peoples together in reconciliation with God. > > > > What do you think? 8-) > > 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. > 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. Neal To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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