tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309718.post110053770417366337..comments2023-10-30T04:35:26.999-06:00Comments on Every Thought Captive: National Geographic and Evolution vs. Intelligent DesignPhil Steigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14948892557259431751noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309718.post-1101194183039157722004-11-23T00:16:00.000-07:002004-11-23T00:16:00.000-07:00you assume that anyone who believes in the superna...<EM>you assume that anyone who believes in the supernatural realm has the mind of a weevil.</EM> <br /> <br />Not true. Charles Darwin himself believed in the supernatural realm, and so did Plato, and so did Newton, and so did... Mr. Steiger! I don't think any of those people have the mind of a weevil, and I don't think you really believe I do assume that. But I can understand why you would say Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309718.post-1101186581402817182004-11-22T22:09:00.000-07:002004-11-22T22:09:00.000-07:00The Intelligent Design movement does not “make up”...<EM>The Intelligent Design movement does not “make up” science and then posit some kind of magical being to fill in the gaps.</EM> <br /> <br />Still waiting for an example...<br /><br />I'm beginning to wonder if you might be pulling my leg, Mr. Steiger.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309718.post-1101156476861311012004-11-22T13:47:00.000-07:002004-11-22T13:47:00.000-07:00My post was originally about issues besides the sc...My post was originally about issues besides the science, and I wonder what your take on those things is. Just a couple more comments on the science.<br /><br />Why, if they colloquially call the appearance of RNA a miracle, would scientists still look for it? That is what scientists do. I don’t expect them to throw up their hands in large part because they are naturalists. Naturalists, by Phil Steigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14948892557259431751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309718.post-1101020474299696072004-11-21T00:01:00.000-07:002004-11-21T00:01:00.000-07:00You must be able to imagine a lot of wild things. ...<EM>You must be able to imagine a lot of wild things. I, for instance, can’t imagine a room that is both 100 degrees and 20 degrees at the same time. I can imagine a room that is 60 degrees, but that is neither cold nor hot. I will guess and say it is actually a physical impossibility for a spacial temporal point to be two extreme temperatures at the same time. I am aware that there is a point ofAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309718.post-1100950861719798912004-11-20T04:41:00.000-07:002004-11-20T04:41:00.000-07:00Additionally, NASA and SETI did research on how we...<EM>Additionally, NASA and SETI did research on how well amino acids hold up to ultraviolet radiation (as that in space), and the poor aminos did not fare well. In their words, "amino acids have not been detected [in space] because they are destroyed before they can accumulate in the gas phase." (Astrophysical Journal Letters 550, 2001). </EM> <br /> <br /><br />"Our results place constraints on Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309718.post-1100950669053844442004-11-20T04:37:00.000-07:002004-11-20T04:37:00.000-07:00You must be able to imagine a lot of wild things. ...<EM> You must be able to imagine a lot of wild things. I, for instance, can't imagine a room that is both 100 degrees and 20 degrees at the same time. I can imagine a room that is 60 degrees, but that is neither cold nor hot.</EM> <br /> <br /><br />Well, let's hope the ID people <A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/r?http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arn.org%2Fdocs%2Fwedge%2F">have</A> <A HREF="http://www.blogger.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309718.post-1100879250922601352004-11-19T08:47:00.000-07:002004-11-19T08:47:00.000-07:00I tried to open the link you sent and it failed to...I tried to open the link you sent and it failed to send me to a good page, so I am afraid I can’t interact with that information. But I do have two more careless thoughts about amino acids.<br /><br />First, I made the classic blunder of confusing my amino acids with my nucleotide bases. If I’ve done it once I’ve done it a thousand times…<br /><br />In actuality, the nucleotide bases adenine Phil Steigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14948892557259431751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309718.post-1100838425180932702004-11-18T21:27:00.000-07:002004-11-18T21:27:00.000-07:00Mr. Steiger: All origin of life biologists agree t...Mr. Steiger: <EM>All origin of life biologists agree that there is a minimal amount of amino acids which need to be in place before there is a cell capable of sustaining life, and that those amino acids are comprised of those which synthesize at both sub-zero and boiling point temperatures.</EM> <br /> <br /><br />Where did you get that from? Anyway, it's false. (Do you care?)<br /><br /><A HREF=Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309718.post-1100837621289175642004-11-18T21:13:00.000-07:002004-11-18T21:13:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309718.post-1100796960927352202004-11-18T09:56:00.000-07:002004-11-18T09:56:00.000-07:00In keeping with the “protecting” theme-it is possi...In keeping with the “protecting” theme-it is possible to protect your children by hiding them in a closet all their lives, but that would be bad. In the same vein, it has been my experience that naturalists/evolutionists are “in the closet” when it comes to science and Intelligent Design. That is no way to confront a theory that does make use of the “same science” everyone else does, but has a Phil Steigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14948892557259431751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309718.post-1100737600930794812004-11-17T17:26:00.000-07:002004-11-17T17:26:00.000-07:00I don't even know what that means.
"Protection"...<EM>I don't even know what that means.</EM> <br /> <br />"Protection" is not necessarily a sign of weakness. I would go a long ways in protecting my children, for example.<br /><br /><EM>They seem to not respond to the science of ID with science.</EM> <br /> <br />What science would that be? "Evolutionists" aren't allowed to use evidence if it would be the same evidence a creationist would use?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309718.post-1100703283783841852004-11-17T07:54:00.000-07:002004-11-17T07:54:00.000-07:00First of all...I don't even know what that means. ...First of all...I don't even know what that means. Secondly, if that is an attempt to tell us that Christianity (myth) has tried to destroy science (reason) before, then it is indicitave of my very point: evolutionists are reduced to ad hominum and shallow attacks when their science is questioned. They seem to not respond to the science of ID with science. Woof!Phil Steigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14948892557259431751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309718.post-1100650289787103582004-11-16T17:11:00.000-07:002004-11-16T17:11:00.000-07:00I think the ferociousness with which pro-evolution...<EM>I think the ferociousness with which pro-evolutionists protect their theory is a sign of its weakness.</EM>Can we think of any other things that superstition has tried to destroy that "ferociously" should have been protected? I can't, because I'm a big dodo bird who likes to pretend whatever I want from one moment to the next! Squawk!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309718.post-1100636722378893392004-11-16T13:25:00.000-07:002004-11-16T13:25:00.000-07:00I think the ferociousness with which pro-evolution...I think the ferociousness with which pro-evolutionists protect their theory is a sign of its weakness. Reminds me of a cult: that its leaders prevent you form leaving is reason enough to leave.<br /><br />- ralphgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com