Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 11:55:15 -0700 (PDT) From: "Neal E. Westfall" <nwestfal@directvinternet.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Dave Hayes <dave@jetcafe.org>, <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Why did evolution fail? Message-ID: <20020904114318.Y88455-100000@Tolstoy.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <3D75712A.E383C304@mindspring.com>
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On Tue, 3 Sep 2002, Terry Lambert wrote: > "Neal E. Westfall" wrote: > > You guys are quite amusing to read! The only thing you can agree > > on is your anemic prejudices against theology. > > I don't personally know if there is a God or not. While it may be possible to claim agnosticism regarding *a* god, it is impossible to claim agnosticism with regard to the Biblical God, since this Biblical God makes the claim that all men know Him. (Romans 1 again) To claim not to know Him is to deny Him. > Barring evidence one way or the other, the choice between any > two competing hypothesis must be made on the basis of which of > the two is simpler. Of course, people have different conceptions of what constitutes "simpler", which introduces an ineradicable element of subjectivity to Ockham's razor. > You seem to believe that the making of this choice constitutes > evidence of belief (or disbelief). Without supplying some supporting criteria, Ockham's razor is just silly. Anybody with a axe to grind can claim that their views are "simpler." Neal To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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