Comments on: young earth phds http://desk.stinkpot.org:8080/blog/index.php/2007/02/12/young-earth-phds a memory repository Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:59:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: rooster http://desk.stinkpot.org:8080/blog/index.php/2007/02/12/young-earth-phds/comment-page-1#comment-430 rooster Wed, 07 Mar 2007 02:12:33 +0000 http://desk.stinkpot.org:8080/blog/?p=238#comment-430 I believe this world was designed by a Creator. Of course, that Creator works far too perfectly to be purely a result of survival of the fittest, so she was in turn designed by another Creator. That Creator was slightly less perfect, though, and was most likely the result of evolution. I believe this world was designed by a Creator. Of course, that Creator works far too perfectly to be purely a result of survival of the fittest, so she was in turn designed by another Creator. That Creator was slightly less perfect, though, and was most likely the result of evolution.

]]> By: guest http://desk.stinkpot.org:8080/blog/index.php/2007/02/12/young-earth-phds/comment-page-1#comment-407 guest Sun, 25 Feb 2007 16:43:22 +0000 http://desk.stinkpot.org:8080/blog/?p=238#comment-407 to me, creationism and evolution is not mutually exclusive. each one on its own is not good enough to fully describe/explain life: nature works far too perfectly to be a purely result of survival of the fittest. just look at the replication and translation mechanisms, a designer is certain at work. at the same time, organisms continue to mutate and evolve according to the "conventional" evolutionary processes. in short, to me creationism explains the _origin_ of life, but evolution tells us about what happened _after_ that. what do you think? [edit: i'm an bio grad student] to me, creationism and evolution is not mutually exclusive. each one on its own is not good enough to fully describe/explain life: nature works far too perfectly to be a purely result of survival of the fittest. just look at the replication and translation mechanisms, a designer is certain at work. at the same time, organisms continue to mutate and evolve according to the “conventional” evolutionary processes.

in short, to me creationism explains the _origin_ of life, but evolution tells us about what happened _after_ that. what do you think?

[edit: i'm an bio grad student]

]]> By: Alex http://desk.stinkpot.org:8080/blog/index.php/2007/02/12/young-earth-phds/comment-page-1#comment-341 Alex Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:18:21 +0000 http://desk.stinkpot.org:8080/blog/?p=238#comment-341 Sounds like these young-earth folks are intellectual companions of an Alice in Wonderland character: "Why, sometimes I've believed as many as 6 impossible things before breakfast" [The White Queen, "Through the Looking Glass"], although in this case, "impossible" should be pronounced "stupid". Sounds like these young-earth folks are intellectual companions of an Alice in Wonderland character: “Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as 6 impossible things before breakfast” [The White Queen, "Through the Looking Glass"], although in this case, “impossible” should be pronounced “stupid”.

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