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<p>I don't believe the philosophers and scientists. A child can
understand Intelligent Design. A child cannot - unless he believes
in magic - understand how inanimate quarks proceed to become
complex living creatures.</p>
<p>The article to which you link is a classic "take it on faith from
me because I'm smart and you're not" position paper.</p>
<p>Evolution in the sense of abiogenesis cannot be tested either.
Unless you count the discredited Miller-Ury experiment.</p>
<p>I find the analogy to Yirmiyahu and Chananyah offensive, but
that's just a tactic...</p>
<p>KT,</p>
<p>YGB<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><<<span style="font-size:12.8px">To not
accept intelligent design is absurd. I am reasonably
intelligent and cannot wrap my head around anyone rational
denying it. >></span>
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<div><span style="font-size:12.8px">and the philosophers and
scientists on the other side say the identical thing. </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:12.8px">One complaint against ID is
that it can't be tested and so is speculation.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Obviously neither side will
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<div><span style="font-size:12.8px">see eg <a
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<div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Brings me to inyane d-yoma</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Yirrmayahu haNavi
prophesizes that Nevuchadnezzar and his son/grandson will
rule over Judea. Chananiah announces that</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:12.8px">within 2 years G-d will
destroy the Babylonian empire.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:12.8px">I would imagine that
Chananih looked like a very pious individual. How was a Jew
at that time to decide between the two opposing</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:12.8px">sides? Today with hindsight
we know that Yirmiyahu was the true prophet and Chananiah
was the navi sheker.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:12.8px">However, at the time both
sides seem to be legitimate<br>
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