By: ejsecco

ejsecco — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 03:07:21 +0000

I am not a scientist, but permit me to attempt an explanation. Abiogenesis occurred through a Divine Act. Life forms have changed over the many years, but only within narrow confined limits. One species did not give birth (or otherwise) to another. A blade of grass did not somehow evolve into an elephant. These unique creations were all the work of our Divine Creator (God). This is not difficult to comprehend once you realize that if God can create the entire universe from literally nothing, what is not impossible for Him? There is no reason anything must exist, including the universe. Nonexistence is the most stable state there is.

By: doran29

doran29 — Sat, 16 Apr 2005 18:51:33 +0000

Mr. Dembski, pardon my confusion, but what is the particular purpose of these efforts at quote mining? You yourself grant the sensible hypothesis that life on earth has changed since beginning of earth, but seem to reject the mechanisms that evolutionary biologists state this occurs. Michael Behe, from what I have read of his, has endorsed some notion of common descent among organisms. Both yourself and Behe often speak of irreducible / specialized complexity concerning organic molecules like proteins, which seems to be a critique of the various theories of abiogenesis. I guess what I am then lost on is due to what forces, whether natural or supernatural, did the collective life on this planet change over the millions of years it has existed on this planet. Excuse me if I am still a bit in the dark about your arguments, for I am a bit new to the “Design” debate. And for note I was at Professor Laughlin’s talk at BU, and brought your quotation of his book to his attention after his presentation.

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