Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2002 10:13:02 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: "Neal E. Westfall" <nwestfal@directvinternet.com> Cc: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why did evolution fail? Message-ID: <3D7CD69E.E585EBBE@mindspring.com> References: <20020909090839.J9219-100000@Tolstoy.home.lan>
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"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
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