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sidelined
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Message 107 of 305 (395002)
04-14-2007 2:17 PM
Reply to: Message 100 by Rob
04-14-2007 12:17 PM


Re: quick question
Rob
It was God putting life into being by whatever means He does such things.
But that is not an explanation since the question simply shifts to what originated God.

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Message 109 of 305 (395012)
04-14-2007 3:04 PM
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04-14-2007 2:41 PM


Re: quick question
Rob
So if my position is not acceptable because of it's lack of explanatory power, then in the final analyisis, with what do you qualify your own naturalistic beliefs that is any different?
It is my impression that life is a result of ,ultimately, physics of matter. However,and this is crucial, understanding is not a result of what we believe but of what we may evidence. We have over the centuries discovered what we can say about the universe based on observation and experiment, and the ultimate test has always been that our hypothesis must stand up to experiment.
Abiogenesis is not a matter simply of determining the physics necessary to show the steps allowing for life {which is difficult enough} but to ,in fact, determine that there is a distinction present within life that is not a consequence of those physics.

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