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NL888 Posted 14 years ago
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What does "fails in a way..." mean?
Does "ID also fails in a way that should be more of a concern to the believer than to the hard-nosed scientist" mean "ID also fails in this respect: because it has much more to do with the believer's concern than to do with the hard-nosed scientist's concern?"
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So, scientifically, ID fails to hold up, providing neither an opportunity for experimental validation nor a robust foundation for
its primary claim of irreducible complexity. More than that, however, ID also fails in a way that should be more of a concern to the believer than to the hard-nosed scientist. ID is a "God of the gaps" theory, inserting a supposition of the need for supernatural intervention in places that its proponents claim science cannot explain. Various cultures have traditionally tried to ascribe to God various natural phenomena that the science of the day had been unable to sort out—whether a solar eclipse or the beauty of a flower. But those theories have a dismal his-tory. Advances in science ultimately fill in those gaps, to the dismay of those who had attached their faith to them. Ulti-mately a "God of the gaps" religion runs a huge risk of simply discrediting faith. We must not repeat this mistake in the cur-rent era. Intelligent Design fits into this discouraging tradition, and faces the same ultimate demise.
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So, scientifically, ID fails to hold up, providing neither an opportunity for experimental validation nor a robust foundation for
its primary claim of irreducible complexity. More than that, however, ID also fails in a way that should be more of a concern to the believer than to the hard-nosed scientist. ID is a "God of the gaps" theory, inserting a supposition of the need for supernatural intervention in places that its proponents claim science cannot explain. Various cultures have traditionally tried to ascribe to God various natural phenomena that the science of the day had been unable to sort out—whether a solar eclipse or the beauty of a flower. But those theories have a dismal his-tory. Advances in science ultimately fill in those gaps, to the dismay of those who had attached their faith to them. Ulti-mately a "God of the gaps" religion runs a huge risk of simply discrediting faith. We must not repeat this mistake in the cur-rent era. Intelligent Design fits into this discouraging tradition, and faces the same ultimate demise.
Top answer
" No. The reason for its failure should worry believers more because it is the same failure against science that has happened before in history.
- " No.
- The reason for its failure should worry believers more because it is the same failure against science that has happened before in history.
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NL888Does "ID also fails in a way that should be more of a concern to the believer than to the hard-nosed scientist" mean "ID also fails in this respect: because it has much more to do with the believer's concern than to do with the hard-nosed scientist's concern?"No. The reason for its failure should worry believers more because it is the same failure again
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