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Coyote
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Message 28 of 91 (468440)
05-29-2008 1:37 PM
Reply to: Message 26 by randman
05-29-2008 1:29 PM


Re: back to the thread topic
Theistic evos claim an Intelligent Designer created the universe. Is this a scientific view?
What evidence do they bring? What tests or experiments have they conducted, and what predictions have been made and found to be accurate?
In other words, are they following the scientific method?

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Message 55 of 91 (468643)
05-30-2008 9:03 PM
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05-30-2008 8:44 PM


ID is a belief?
Id is the belief that the universe can best be understood as the result of an Intelligent Cause.
I thought ID was a branch of science, not a belief.
Are you telling me that I have been mislead?

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Message 62 of 91 (468662)
05-30-2008 10:17 PM
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05-30-2008 9:36 PM


Re: ID is a belief?
I forget I am dealing with quibblers. Substitute "hypothesis" for "belief" to get the picture.
This is not a quibble. A belief and an hypothesis are very different; as the terms are used in science they are not interchangeable in the least.
Here are some definitions I have put together that may help:

Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.

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