[lbo-talk] myth in Kansas

Mark Bennett mab at straussandasher.com
Wed Nov 23 12:44:25 PST 2005


Jim Farmelant

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Also, ID theorists are curiously inconsistent in their explanatory strategies. . . .

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They also don't have the courage of their - alleged - convictions. Behe notoriously uses the example of the eubacterial flagellum as Exhibit No. 1 of irreducible complexity, hence evidence of intelligent design. However, if one really believed that a "creator" designed such a thing, one would go mad from the sheer, grotesque horror of trying discern the of workings of such a "mind." Viewed as the result of impersonal material forces, nature is a endlessly fascinating and awesome subject; viewed as the deliberate creation of intelligent, anthropomorphic creator, nature is a ghastly nightmare.



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