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Author Topic:   Are theistic evolutionists really IDers?
bluegenes
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Message 22 of 91 (468365)
05-29-2008 4:52 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by randman
04-23-2008 5:50 PM


Choose the gaps for your Gods.
It could be argued that it's just a question of which and how many gaps the God is stuck in.
I.D.ers seem to need to point to what they consider to be evidence of their designer, whereas those who stick their Gods in more remote gaps seem to be more in favour of the idea that faith is required in order to believe in their deities, rather than evidence. But there's no clear dividing line.
This is a good topic title, certainly, and you have a strong argument, randman, if you're claiming that "theistic evos" are, in a sense, I.D.ers.

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bluegenes
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Message 33 of 91 (468449)
05-29-2008 2:23 PM
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05-29-2008 1:40 PM


Re: Choose the gaps for your Gods.
randman writes:
Conversely, one could argue that there are no gaps at all, but that God is involved in every process.
And the same indeeed can be argued for elves, and discussions about their level of involvent are fascinating. But I am not qualified to give an in depth analysis of errrrr.... well, I'm not a theist.
It's for you theists to discuss. Really. isn't it?
Whether or whether not God wields a vacuum cleaner is, after all, a question that his inventors should be dealing with, surely?

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