From: "Steve Ewing" 

On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 11:54:03 -0500, Gary Britt
 wrote:

> science posits theories to explain existence without proof or method
> also.
> That's the real point.
> Gary

The point --the *whole* point-- is that there *is* a method!  What's it
called?  "The Scientific Method."  As Tony says, contruct a
hypothesis based on observed facts and test it.  If it passes the test, OK,
on to the next test.  If it fails, it's out.  They are still testing the
theory of relativity 100 years after it was first proposed, and that
displaced the theory of gravity 300 years after *it* was proposed.

A scientific hypothesis must be able to predict the results of a test. What
does ID say?  "It was designed/created that way."  May as well
say it was touched by His Noodly Appendage.  No test can possibly fail
under those circumstances.  If ID made predictions that could be tested,
then they would be, and ID could stand or fall on its merits just as
evolution does.

--
Steve 
http://www.qmss.com/~sewing

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