TraderNik: Yes, William Dembski and I both believe in God. So what? What we believe is irrelevant to ID. What is relevant to ID is what is...
TraderNik: As usual you don't know what you are talking about. I wrote the following back on 11-22-2006:
TraderNik: There was nothing gradual about it. It was sudden. Right at the beginning of the opening post in this thread I cited this statement...
TraderNik: The only one bringing God into this debate is you and other ID critics. The challenge put to ID critics to prove that...
TraderNik: ID infers that bioengineering was behind the origin of life on earth. It has no methodology for distinguishing natural...
ID is compatible with naturalism. ID infers intelligent causes not supernatural causes. As Geoscientist Marcus R. Ross correctly explained in a...
Stu: Don't have to. MN is taught in science classes all the time and school boards have no problem with it. There are no ACLU lawsuits being...
James Bond: Yes, and ID fits that description. That you don't see this just goes to show that you don't understand ID. ID can use science and...
James Bond: I'm simply saying that it's relevant to discuss in science class the philosophical presuppositions that science is built on.
James Bond: The term "methodological naturalism" was coined in 1983 by Paul de Vries, a Wheaton College philosopher, however, the concept goes...
ZZZzzz said: Here's an interesting quote that ties in with this nicely:
Teleologist asked: James Bond 3rd replied: Well, scientists and science teachers consider MN to be the basis for the scientific method....
Stu: Methodological naturalism is considered to be the cornerstone of modern science but MN itself is not science it is a philosophical...
By the way, has some scientific body officially declared that SETI isn't science? If it's not science does that mean it is useless? Are...
James Bond 3rd: ID is an alternative perspective on how evolution occurs. It is not an alternative to evolution. James Bond 3rd:...
Question from Teleologist: James Bond replied: Does that mean you are okay with ID being discussed in the science classroom so long as...
Stu: By your logic the same goes for methodological naturalism. It's not science therefore it's useless.
James Bond 3rd: Only someone ignorant about ID would say that. James Bond 3rd: I never said SETI was science. Do you want any mention...
According to the National Academy of Sciencesâ publication, Teaching about Evolution and the Nature of Science, science is âa particular way...
Does this sound familiar? Richard Dawkins: Or how about this: Cambridge Paleontologist Simon Conway Morris: Del Ratzsch says: A...
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