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by Proinsias
Tue Feb 24, 2015 5:17 pm
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Evidence for theistic evolution
Replies: 950
Views: 159286

Re: Evidence for theistic evolution

Paul & Philip, The main thrust of your posts seem to be derived from the metaphysics of Aristotle/Aquinas. A sort of first mover, sustainer or uncaused cause. Whilst I don't find the metaphysical propositions put forward by either gentleman particularly convincing as yet, I can follow the logic ...
by Proinsias
Tue Feb 24, 2015 2:23 pm
Forum: Prayer Requests
Topic: Prayers for Debbie
Replies: 11
Views: 3256

Re: Prayers for Debbie

Sad news Philip, thoughts are with Debbie, friends & family.
by Proinsias
Tue Feb 24, 2015 5:42 am
Forum: Humor and Jokes
Topic: Nicknames
Replies: 51
Views: 21439

Re: Nicknames

We have a wooden dummy too, it gets a lot of use, as does the punchbag :mrgreen: Absolutely love it, tried a few martial arts and this was the one that really gripped me. It`s more than just a martial art, it`s a life lesson! What grade are you? We are all going for our second tech soon, scary, sca...
by Proinsias
Mon Feb 23, 2015 6:05 pm
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Evidence for theistic evolution
Replies: 950
Views: 159286

Re: Evidence for theistic evolution

Bippy, Now if as doctor David berlinski says, if natural selection and random variation were the main mechanisms then we should be able to see this evidence in lab experiments , but in fact we see the opposite . We see inherent species limitations . A bacteria stays a bacteria , a fruit fly stays a ...
by Proinsias
Sun Feb 22, 2015 5:58 pm
Forum: Humor and Jokes
Topic: Nicknames
Replies: 51
Views: 21439

Re: Nicknames

Cool, I done Wing Chun for over ten years, still got a wooden dummy and doing the forms but been a few years since I attended classes. Glad to hear you're enjoying it.
by Proinsias
Sun Feb 22, 2015 5:51 pm
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Evidence for theistic evolution
Replies: 950
Views: 159286

Re: Evidence for theistic evolution

Bippy, I'm trying not to appeal to popularity but to practical utility and explanatory power. Microevolution, a term which I'm not too fond of, is observable, testable & somewhat predictable. On the small scale, which almost all seem to agree with, it unites all life in a common language, if we ...
by Proinsias
Sat Feb 21, 2015 7:23 pm
Forum: Humor and Jokes
Topic: Nicknames
Replies: 51
Views: 21439

Re: Nicknames

Storyteller wrote:I do Kung Fu
What style?
by Proinsias
Sat Feb 21, 2015 7:15 pm
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Evidence for theistic evolution
Replies: 950
Views: 159286

Re: Evidence for theistic evolution

Darwinism is what we call a historic science and since from our experience we have only seen specified complex information arising from only a mind , the burden is on the Darwinian (notice I said Darwinian Rick, you made a good point ;) ) evolutionists must prove beyond a shadow of doubt that natur...
by Proinsias
Fri Feb 20, 2015 4:24 pm
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Evidence for theistic evolution
Replies: 950
Views: 159286

Re: Evidence for theistic evolution

I wrote on this 10 years ago, before Judge Jones had ruled: As for Dover, PA board of education introducing ID into the science curriculum... this is not a move by mainstream ID advocates. For example, the Discovery Institute were deeply opposed to what happened there, and even requested the board ...
by Proinsias
Fri Feb 20, 2015 11:30 am
Forum: God and Science
Topic: A Great Christian Scientist Has Left the Building!
Replies: 9
Views: 2528

Re: A Great Christian Scientist Has Left the Building!

sciencebusiness wrote:I've never heard a Christian say Guatama Budda had some "great ideas".
Not sure where this came from either but on the subject Sister Elaine MacInnes is one such person. There a nice wee youtube clip of her story over here
by Proinsias
Thu Feb 19, 2015 8:15 pm
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Evidence for theistic evolution
Replies: 950
Views: 159286

Re: Evidence for theistic evolution

Kurieuo, Thanks for the offer, I'll pm you. I can't reasonably take on board his initial premise regarding intelligence, design, irreducibility or complexity. If I do run with his, or even Dembski's, starting definitions I can see how they get to where they are. They are nebulous abstract concepts s...
by Proinsias
Wed Feb 18, 2015 7:40 am
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Evidence for theistic evolution
Replies: 950
Views: 159286

Re: Evidence for theistic evolution

Is there something wrong with trying to identify on the biological cellular level a "single system composed of several well-matched, interacting parts that contribute to the basic function, wherein the removal of any one of the parts causes the system to effectively cease functioning"? No...
by Proinsias
Tue Feb 17, 2015 10:51 pm
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Evidence for theistic evolution
Replies: 950
Views: 159286

Re: Evidence for theistic evolution

Is there something wrong with trying to identify on the biological cellular level a "single system composed of several well-matched, interacting parts that contribute to the basic function, wherein the removal of any one of the parts causes the system to effectively cease functioning"? No...
by Proinsias
Tue Feb 17, 2015 10:13 pm
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Evidence for theistic evolution
Replies: 950
Views: 159286

Re: Evidence for theistic evolution

both
by Proinsias
Tue Feb 17, 2015 9:40 pm
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Evidence for theistic evolution
Replies: 950
Views: 159286

Re: Evidence for theistic evolution

Irreducible complexity