Are theistic evolutionists really IDers?

We could go so far as to say that Theistic Evolutionists are creationists, because they believe that god uses evolution to create lifeforms.But why cloud the issue?Creationists^TM believe that evolution cannot explain god's creation, so in that sense, TE's are not 'those type' of creationists.I think randman has a hidden agenda with this one...Obviously, TEists could be considered IDists, but there's really no reason to. All it does is confuse things.Unless, of course, someone does have a reason... I wonder why randman was trying to do this

I answered that in the next sentance in my post:

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Creationists^TM believe that evolution cannot explain god's creation, so in that sense, TE's are not 'those type' of creationists.

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The same goes with being an IDist. IDest believe that evolution is wrong. To say that a Theistic Evolutionist is an IDist would imply that they don't accept the ToE, but that is not the case.Its just confusing and unnecessary.

It's not. As a TEist, I don't believe that god would never intervene. I do believe, however, that scientific explanations are sufficient to explain the things that we observe today.Burning Bushes.... not so much. I don't put limits on god's abilities.

Not really. Look all you want. I doubt you'll find anything, though. How is it a threat to science? Might be a threat to Positivism, but again, I doubt that anything will actually be found to prove god. Well, science works like a charm. I mean, here we are talking over the internet with computers. Do you think that computer science can explain all the evidence? Even if they can't, it doesn't seem to be hurting at all. The evidence that they are not seeing doesn't matter if it has no effect on anything.

double post.see Message 90Edited by Catholic Scientist, : No reason given.

I maintain faith in God in the face of the absence of empirical evidence for gods' existences. I see no evidence indicating that there isn't a god.I do feel like a have a soul, which leads me to believe that there is something else to this world that science isn't detecting. This makes it "easier" to believe in god.I think that RAZD is right that you have the wrong impression of TEists.