The Sermon Part 2 (Agnosticism)

by George Jelliss , Crewe, Thursday, July 31, 2008, 13:34 (5957 days ago) @ dhw

I'm not sure of it is really worth my responding to dhw and DT because we are just going over ground already travelled. But for the benefit of newcomers: - dhw claims: there is no evidence that abiogenesis ... happened or could happen. - On the contrary there is every evidence that abiogenesis (first appearance of life in a lifeless universe) happened and therefore must have been able to happen (without divine or otherwise intelligent intervention). - DT claims: We see the same facts, but we make differing conclusions. That 
has to be based in part on personal preference. - But David has made clear in other threads that he is prepared to accept anecdotal evidence (such as of near death experiences), and also to rely upon evidence presented by people like the Discovery Institute who have a clear creationist agenda and are pariahs of the peer-reviewed scientific community. Thus despite his claims, his standards of "objectivity" are not scientifically adequate.