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Message 1 of 4 (464148)
04-23-2008 5:50 PM

To clarify, let's start with Christians that believe God created the universe with the intent for man to evolve.

I think such theistic evos are clearly IDers. They believe an Intelligent Designer (God) created the universe, and they have accepted teleological thinking in believing such a creation occured with the intent to create/evolve mankind.

I think other theistic evos are likewise IDers, whether they realize or not, because they believe there is an Intelligent Force behind the creation and existence of the universe, but perhaps they are not teleological and think, for example, God perhaps didn't even know what would happen.

Edited by Adminnemooseus, : Per Admins idea in message 3, final sentence/paragraph "hidden".

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Message 2 of 4 (464198)
04-23-2008 9:22 PM

I kind of like this topic - Maybe it will get promoted

Randman just started a 4 week suspension. Maybe that makes it an especially good time to promote this topic.

Going to let it age a bit first.

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Message 3 of 4 (464233)
04-24-2008 8:25 AM

Reply to: Message 2 by Adminnemooseus
04-23-2008 9:22 PM

Re: I kind of like this topic - Maybe it will get promoted

I liked this topic proposal a lot up until the last paragraph where Randman made clear he wants to discuss the deficiencies of those adhering to certain ideas rather than the ideas themselves. We could hide the last paragraph and promote it. What do you think?

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Message 4 of 4 (464329)
04-24-2008 8:48 PM

Thread copied to the Are theistic evolutionists really IDers? thread in the Faith and Belief forum, this copy of the thread has been closed.

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