Genome complexity in embryology (Introduction)

by David Turell , Friday, May 01, 2015, 02:38 (3495 days ago) @ dhw

DAVID: How do you know God has a learning curve? No theologian would claim that, why should you?
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> dhw: If a hypothesis seems to me “more convincing”, that does not mean it has become knowledge! I don't even know if God exists....But frankly, I'm surprised that someone who claims to think for himself should be so dependent on what theologians claim.-Whitehead's process theology might claim God learns by experience. I'm not claiming to be dependent on theologians in the comment I gave. Other than the possibility of Whitehead, whom I have not studied, I've not heard that God has a learning curve and I don't know if He does or not. Why did you twist my comment?-> DAVID: They are your problems, not mine. I don't know why you try so hard to decipher God's exact role in evolution. I don't think anyone knows except Him. It seems He used an evolutionary process. Dayenu!
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> dhw: I try so hard because you have categorically stated God's exact role in evolution, and I am not convinced. ... But when your theory is shown to be riddled with problems, you tell me not to bother!-The problem is I liked my theory, and don't accept your problems with it. I've said I accept the probability of an evolutionary process because the appearance of organisms from simple to complex over time is strongly suggestive of evolution. That doesn't mean I understand how a guided evolutionary process works, but that is what I think it is.