Re: if naturalism is the base assumption of evolution...


snex wrote:
rev.goetz wrote:
snex wrote:
then what are the base assumptions of ID? how can those assumptions be
validated?

But I am an evolutionist that does not assume naturalism.

James Goetz

<devils advocate>
if you do not assume naturalism, then how do you arrive at a conclusion
of evolution? you might say "based upon the evidence," but if you do
not assume naturalism, in what way is evidence a valid indicator of
anything?
</devil's advocate>

I see two possibilities: 1) common descent from 1 or 2 ancestors; 2)
God made life on earth appear as common descent from 1 or 2 ancestors
but God did something different. And I have no theological or
philosophical or biological reason to believe # 2:)

James Goetz

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