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Old May 14, 2006, 03:38 pm   #1100 (permalink) (top)
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There is also no requirement to define what or who created it, or by what process it was created to make it a valid theory.
Of course there is. Science offers a hypothesis, then tests that hypothesis for consistency with known science. If the hypothesis of ID is that there is intelligent design, how would you begin to test that without knowing who or what was being suggested as the designer?
The real difference between ID and scientific inquiry is that science doesn't claim to know "the answer" and may never find one. ID, on the other hand, starts with the answer and then tries to find evidence that fits. ID is starting at the wrong end of the question, "how did all this come to be?"

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Since you don't know how the earth came into existence, you obviously don't know how long that process took.
Current scientific knowledge says that creation and evolution in the span of 7 days is nonsensical. Geology alone would have to be ignored for that to be possible.


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