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echo: philos
to: DAY BROWN (Rcvd)
from: ANDREW CUMMINS
date: 1997-12-17 08:52:00
subject: Evolution

 -=> Quoting Day Brown to Mark Bloss <=-
 DB> Digging a piece out of the bedrock is as  _conclusive_  as the kybd 
 DB> beneath my fingers, to me, since I have done field work.
A piece of bedrock is conclusive of what?  Your keyboard is
conclusive of what?
 DB> But: the alternative to the evolving universe is the created one. 
 DB> Or is there any more alternatives?
Right, there are no alternatives, except for mixtures of the
two and variations on the two themes.
 DB> If you decide on a created one
 DB> instead, then you have the question of *which* creation scenario 
 DB> is correct.
Yeah, and if you decide that the universe evolved, then
you have a question of which evolution scenario is correct.
 DB> I have heard the universe was created five minutes
 DB> ago,
I've never heard that from anyone who believed it.  However,
I have heard the equally unreasonable and unscientific claim
that the universe exploded out of nothing and then has been
running in reverse of the law of entropy.  The difference is
that the backers of this silly belief really exist and that
they seek to censor those who disagree.
 DB> How do you know that this is not the case? 
If it weren't for NAZIs trying to force their beliefs on
others, it would hardly matter which is the case as each
person could choose to be proponents of whatever case is
best.  And, none of us think all cases are equal so it's
not like anyone needs to flip a coin to decide which
Creation or Evolution story is not the case.
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