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07/07/05
Finding Design in Nature
Christoph Schonborn, the Roman Catholic cardinal archbishop of Vienna, has an op-ed piece published in the New York Times.
In the piece, he points out that Pope John Paul II never endorsed Darwinism, as Darwin proponents constantly assert. He did, however, leave the door open for theisitic evolution (common ancestry).
The archbishop of Vienna says that "neo-Darwinists recently have sought to portray our new pope, Benedict XVI, as a satisfied evolutionist. They have quoted a sentence about common ancestry from a 2004 document of the International Theological Commission, pointed out that Benedict was at the time head of the commission, and concluded that the Catholic Church has no problem with the notion of "evolution" as used by mainstream biologists - that is, synonymous with neo-Darwinism."
Nothing could be further from the truth, for the Pope said in his homily at his installation that "we are not some casual and meaningless product of evolution. Each of us is the result of a thought of God. Each of us is willed, each of us is loved, each of us is necessary."
The disingenuousness of Darwinists who make the claim that the Catholic Church's position is that Darwinism is true is apparent, and must be challenged.
For the full commentary, click HERE.
Does God Have Back Problems Too?
Put on your waders...the proponents of naturalism have always tried to point out that the world is full of examples of lousy design, therefore, the intelligent designer is bumbling and inept. The latest commentary comes via the L. A. Times by Dr. David P. Barash, a psychologist.
Odd that a naturalist would try to make a theological argument about the nature of God (intelligent designer), by asserting that the designer wouldn't do it this way. There may be an optimum design in Dr. Barash's imagination, but given the nature of the cosmos and the "laws" that govern it, and the specified complexity of biological systems, trade-offs in design are likely necessary. Therefore, in actuality, the design is the best available for the various functions of the creature in question.
A doctor would weigh in by stating that the naturalist's conclusion just begs the question, because you could raise the bar by asserting that our bodies couldn't have been intelligently designed because we're not immortal.
Dr. Barash whines about the ineptitude of the designer with regard to the male genitourinary system, which is set up to allow for the two separate male functions, while protecting each system from each other. In addition, the testicles actually do descend in order to allow for adequate fertility.
For the commentary, click HERE.
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