RE: FW: RE: MD Calling all atheists

From: Case (Case@iSpots.com)
Date: Mon Nov 28 2005 - 13:46:56 GMT

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    [Poot]
    Thats a very good point case. I think that the meaning of words can bungle
    things up a lot.

    The issue of "miraculous creation" (something from nothing) also brings an
    issue to surface, of what I was concerned with.

    Did the inorganic exhibit any form of purpose? This is why I'm wondering if
    we can call evolutionary forces (DQ-SQ interaction) purpose , for the sake
    of this discussion.

    what do you think?

    [Case]
    I don't find much use for the term purpose in this context. Whose purpose?
    What is this purpose? How do we get to know about this purpose? How does
    this purpose relate to purposes of our own making?

    How is saying that hydrogen atoms desire close company to one another more
    meaningful than saying they respond to gravitational attraction. If we are
    reducing purpose to this level then it more akin to laws of physics. But
    using the term purpose in this way makes it easy to drift into saying that
    hydrogen atoms congregate they want to become stars.

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