tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19722540.post9071059441196005116..comments2023-09-09T07:28:35.681-04:00Comments on Science and Religion: A View from an Evolutionary Creationist: The Great DebateJimpithecushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10143519573877156940noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19722540.post-45780238028721489712008-08-01T13:58:00.000-04:002008-08-01T13:58:00.000-04:00This is true. The YEC position is much harder to ...This is true. The YEC position is much harder to maintain for exactly this reason. They don't even have the science to back up their perspective (although they would argue otherwise.) For the fine-tuning example, though, it kind of reminds me of that line in Star Trek VI, where Spock says "all we have is a theory that just happens to fit the facts." Other theories might fit them equally well.Jimpithecushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10143519573877156940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19722540.post-89296077639750249702008-07-30T12:57:00.000-04:002008-07-30T12:57:00.000-04:00To accept that God created the universe in just th...<I>To accept that God created the universe in just this way boils down to...uh, what's that word—Oh yeah, "faith."</I><BR/><BR/>True, but fine tuning (to the extent it is real) does offer some grounds for faith. For instance, a YEC might have faith that Genesis 1-2 is literally true, but he must do so in the face of mountains of evidence to the contrary. But a person who has faith that God created the universe can at least look at fine tuning as an example of where God might fit in.<BR/><BR/>An example isn't a proof, but at least it's not a counterexample.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com