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To: Giordano Bruno who wrote (99)	5/31/2012 12:04:00 PM
From: one_less	1 Recommendation Respond to of 252

I don’t really relate to the ist-ing of human identity any more. I find it somewhat useful in distinguishing types of people who associate themselves that way but personally, I’ve found it a hindrance to my own growth. Where you place ist at the end of a word, defining specific a human being, you are virtually defining an artificial limitation for that human being. False dilemmas are imposed, such as: an evolutionist cannot be a person of faith, a believer must refuse to accept scientific evidence, etc. Human consciousness is unbounded except to the extent that we bind it to artificial limitations. Evolution is simply a word that implies certain phenomenological aspects of things. Things develop, across time and circumstance, from simple to more complex, and in a beneficial manner. Technology is currently in the midst of a digital evolutionary process, biological organisms are constantly evolving, as are environmental systems; communication systems and social systems evolve, as does transportation, economic, Language and information systems etc. etc. etc. Every distinct entity and system is evolving. These are the facts and they are not under dispute by rational people. It is entirely unnecessary to declare yourself to be an “evolutionist” in order to acquire an understanding of those facts, conversely declaring yourself to be an “ID creationist” does not discount the facts associated with evolutionary processes.

To: Giordano Bruno who wrote (99)	5/31/2012 12:48:00 PM
From: LLCF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 252

I like the saying "evolution IS creationism... unfolding" personally. Seems that if there is some truth in each term (which seems to be the case IMHO) then they will eventually merge one way or another? As you (seem to) say, they are just terms attempting to describe reality? FWIW, each term has many different "versions"... even ID, although new, has a lot of potential versions depending on how you interpret it's description on there website. DAK