ID as a Cultural Phenomenon (Humans)

by David Turell , Friday, September 25, 2009, 02:37 (5330 days ago) @ dhw


> You wrote: My greater overall point is that for either raw materialism or immaterialism, the conclusions of no god and there is a god are purely filled in by philosophical predisposition on the matter. If you do not have this predisposition, the data is clearly inconclusive.
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> I'm not sure that either David or George would say their conclusions are based on philosophical predisposition (though maybe they won't identify with "raw"), but that is for them to say. I'm 100% in agreement about the inconclusiveness of the data ... but who knows, maybe my philosophical predisposition favours inconclusiveness.
> -Matt is correct. His insights are good. I recognize that my philosophical predisposition is toward design. I admit George may be right. But to my mind the evidence favors my point of view. And some if the data is quite raw.