"Hector Avalos is a punk"
So says my mother...
and I gotta say, I am starting to agree with her.
At least after reading the August 26 Des Moines Register article "'Intelligent Design' faces ISU".
This whole Intelligent Design thing going on is well, interesting. And while I agree that Intelligent Design isn't really science I totally understand why a person wouldn't want to debate Hector Avalos cuz he doesn't so much debate.
So here's what I'm thinking:
Intelligent Design isn't science. It's a philosophical and theological theory based on scientific evidence... just like the Theory of Evolution. Evolution is fact - things evolve - but there is no way of knowing what got us to where we are. Maybe we came from single-cell organisms randomly or maybe we were created by an intelligent force. Either way, can't we all just get along? ;)
posted by Ali ;) @ 18:06
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There's something very appealling about naturalism, though: it places no claim on your life. You can give yourself wholly to the belief that mankind evolved from lower lifeforms, and it will not change your behavior a jot, because it has no metaphysical implications beyond pure anthropological cosmogony. Positing a creator, on the other hand (especially one who has revealed himself) does place claims upon one's behavior. If I am a contingent being created by a necessary being, then that necessary being has the right to lay claim to my behavior. I think this is why people fight so emotionally over the idea of I.D. It would allow some non-natural agency, possibly opening the door for a necessary being who can claim my life by right.
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