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>The fact that evolution shows no teleological purpose does not say >anything about whether God could use it for some purpose. Even in >an atheistic context, the randomness of evolution could be equally >cited as evidence of determinism. Even if a replay would give >totally different results, the determinist could argue that we are >stuck with the way things turned out. It is my understanding that determinism is an explanation of why things turn out the way they do, and not a way to accept how things turn out. >The particular concern for such religions is with humans, and >iterative evolution will not satisfy someone who wants Cretaceous >humans. A lame attempt at humor in the wrong context. >Christianity is supposed to be about a right relationship between >humanity and God. Thus, natural laws such as evolution are largely >theologically irrelevant in principle. The form of the "right relationship" seems to be the heart of the problem. I was not raised in any church, so the whole discussion is academic to me, but it was my understanding that people prayed to God in order to affect the course of their own future and that of others. The theory of evolution (and a lot of other ideas) suggest that this is pretty much a waste of time. Bill -- ----------------------------------------------- William P. Chaisson Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Rochester ph 585-275-0601 Rochester, New York 14627 USA fax 585-244-5689 http://www.earth.rochester.edu/chaisson/chaisson.html
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