Re: New Howlers from Nelson

'Rev Dr' Lenny Flank wrote:
Ron O wrote:
Troy Britain wrote:
<snip lovely exegesis>

Take note here - contrary to the IDers whining about the "unfair
exclusion of supernatural causes", there are in fact NO limits
imposed by the scientific method on the nature of their predictions,
other than the simple ones indicated by steps 3, 4 and 5 (whatever
predictions they make must be testible by experiments or further
observations.) They are entirely free to invoke whatever supernatural
causes they like, in whatever number they like, so long as they follow
along to steps 3,4 and 5 and tell us how we can test these deities or
causes using experiment or further observation. Want to tell us that
the Good Witch Glenda used her magic non-naturalistic staff to POP
these genetic sequences into both chimps and humans? Fine â?"-
just tell us what experiment or observation we can perform to test
that. Want to tell us that God - er, I mean The Unknown Intelligent
Designer - didnâ??t like humans very much and therefore decided
to design us with broken vitamin C genes? Hey, works for me â?"
just as soon as you tell us what experiment or observation we can
perform to test it. Feel entirely and totally free to use all the
supernaturalistic causes that you like. Just tell us what experiment or
observation we can perform to test your predictions.

<snip rest>

Very nice. I hadn't considered this tack before. Is this POTM worthy?
Could it be worked into an Index of Creationist Claims rebuttal
(claim: methodological naturalism excludes supernatural causes)?

Chris Rohrer


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