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Author Topic:   Is "Goddidit" an already presumed option in evc debate topics?
anastasia
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Message 11 of 12 (395814)
04-18-2007 12:08 AM
Reply to: Message 9 by jar
04-17-2007 12:28 PM


Re: Abiogenesis vs a Theory of Abiogenesis
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jar writes:
I seek more. I seek a model of Abiogenesis, a Theory of Abiogenesis that like the Theory of Evolution, will explain "How God did it."
I agree that there is an over-looked possibility that you have distinguished here.
When someone generally says 'goddidit' they are invoking magic. It is possible we feel, that God could have a coin behind His ear that He did not put there. He just imagined it there and poof! it was.
When someone says 'goddidit' the thought that flashes through your mind is that there is no explanation. One moment there was non-life and then poof! there was life.
Yet, a belief that God made all things happen in due time should not have to rule out an explanation. It has been no secret about how a baby is made since day one, and this has never stopped us from seeing it as miraculous or sanctified in some way. Learning how a baby forms and such came later, and perhaps only add to the wonder.
What I have learned about evolution and science since coming here is that there is no less wonder in any of it. At times there is more! I do believe that there could be things we can't explain or never will explain. At the same time the chances of this being true seem to be dwindling, and yet we are not in any sense 'running out' of questions to ask. If there is a God who did it all, He is still one amazing being. The complexity of what has been discovered...no not in the ID debate way...is IMO far superior to the poof! version. It's a much more beautiful thing.
So, yes, 'miracles' or 'magic' could be a possibility, but I finally can see that they are not answers. AS in, science is perfectly within its realm to keep looking, and to find whatever is able to be discoverd. If no one looks, no one will find.
For a person to consider the option 'goddidit' I do think that they should specify whether they are looking for a HOW or just magic. If we can discover the hows, it says MORE about God and about us as humans. It brings us full circle to the Garden of Eden and the ability to become like Gods, and makes me at least wonder HOW much we were created in His image? Perhaps more than we realize.
I think you may not go in for the ramblings here, so just consider this a general response to the OP as a spin-off from yours.

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