What the designer designed is the random-design process

[Lan Barnes]

On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 08:30:44AM -0800, Lewis Wolfgang wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> Here's an interesting article about a professor teaching evolution
> at a fundi Christian college.  The Prof says, among other interesting
> things, "denying science makes us (Christian conservatives) look
> stupid."
> 
> Regards,
> Lew
> 
> ** Nazarene professor has faith in his religion - and evolution
> 

-snip-

I read this in the wild and agreed with the professor in a lot of
things ... my exceptions were mostly interpretive.

I certainly find that the more I learn about science, the more profound
my awe for the universe.

The professor was skipping Occam's razor, but the thing about old Occam
is, it's a recommendation, not a requirement. I say universe, you say
universe + God. Both of us fully explain (in so far as we can) the same
set of observations. I don't know how to determine who's right.

Maybe some day some cellular chemist will locate the genome for the
belief in god(s); or maybe some day some physicist will conduct an
experiment that shows that there's Something Big out there; or maybe
some day the sky will open and there will be a Voice; and certainly some
day I will die and maybe it'll just be lights out.

But whatever happens, I'm pretty comfortable that science gives me the
best picture of what's going on around me here and now. So I thought
this guy had a nice way of balancing it for himself, and I agreed, sort
of.

-- 
Lan Barnes                    lan at falleagle.net
Linux Guy, SCM Specialist     858-354-0616