Re: Naturalism as the Religious Basis of Evolutionism

On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 16:39:00 GMT, in talk.origins , "Dennis Arndt"
<dennis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> in
<Eo2Dg.2939$Qf.1976@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

[snip]

I proposed a creator whose product would match the
physical evidence. I thought scientific theories were
supposed to do that.

Can we make any predictions based on these proposed creators? Is there
some way to distinguish between the proposed creators and established
science other than the "and gods did it" at the end?

[snip]

Or is it the other way around. Does the theory of common
descent coneniently happen to produce the patterns in nature
that would be produced by an orderly creator?

For any scientific theory there is some set of unknown all-powerful
beings who could have done it. "Could have" is a pretty weak standard
given that you are proposing something all powerful. The theory of
evolution, like all scientific theories, fits what we do see and not
what we don't see. "Gods did it" fits both.

It would seem we need additional evidence in order to
decide the question.

What evidence could you imagine would do this?

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