Tales of the unexpected

Ok, Andrew

I’m not sure that we are saying that must to each other that is useful to us or anyone else with our multiplying threads, so I’ll try to bring my objection to something quite simple:

The ID argument is important. It may be flawed, not least because it inhabits a zone that crosses the boundaries of science, faith, philosophy etc, but it has something to say.

For "laymen," it comes down to a basic observation and question: Is CHAOS and RANDOMNESS an adequate explanation for the extraordinary ORDER and POWER and INFORMATION that is self-evidently present within the natural order?

The evolutionary worldview claims it is. The creationist worldview claims it is not.

ID scientists are examining some of the underpinning arguments of the evolutionary worldview concerning randomness and information. They deserve to be allowed to speak as scientists, whatever their philosophical / religious position is. This is what "Expelled" is about. 

A discussion between Ben Stiller with RC Sproul. 

But they are not because they risk exposing a philosophical edifice which has been built upon the claims of evolutionary science and a lot of vested interests. 

I say give them a break, don’t dismiss their work and even if elements of their enterprise seem flawed, resist the temptation to take the moral high ground against their efforts. ("Let those without philosphical sin, cast the first stone"?)

That’s my personal view and I’ll leave it there!

shalom! - john (eternalpurpose.org.uk)