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To: Brumar89 who wrote (6185)	5/31/2010 5:24:57 PM
From: LLCF	Read Replies (1) of 69300

Oh, heck, since we've been there before on this thread, why not just deal with all three... here's the first: <<First, it is “a form of the question-begging fallacy.” Darwinism is the best explanation of how life got to be as it is only if you take a materialist world picture for granted: It demands an initial acceptance of the doctrine of naturalism before any explanation is offered. Specifically, when the biologist is faced with the fact of the enormous differentiation and specialization in nature, he says that these were caused by the proximate method which nature would use, assuming that nature is the only creative force that exists….Again and again in the literature of evolution one finds that things are viewed as “necessary” because they come from this assumed natural cause rather than as proved because they come from a known cause. In other words the fact that things have come into being is used as evidence that nature must have used the evolutionary process to bring them into being.>> Actually what's going on here is the AUTHOR cited's point is an example of the fallacy: he's assuming that "naturalism" is necessarily "materialist"... it demands an inital acceptance that (his) God can't be involved before any explanation is offered. If you use God Immanent, then the above all fades away... as I"v noted before. Good find Brummar... you should thank your lucky stars for science pointing you in the right direction in your quest for God! DAK

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