
11-03-2005, 05:42 PM
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Perhaps I can throw a little cold water on this.
Creationism, ID and the Dreamtime are all attempts to explain how the Universe came to be, because we simply do not know for sure.
Creationism carries with it an act of faith of a pre-existing God and a plan. The existence of the Universe is taken as evidence of the existence of God. Faith is not arguable.
ID is as above, but substitute Intelligent Designer for God. The Designer is a God of complexity.
The Evolutionists haven't the faintest idea where the Universe came from. Anything evolved requires a prior state, so again we are in a recursive which recedes beyond our ability to know.
Where philosophies become required teaching, be they Christian, Muslim, BaH'ai or Marxism, you need to teach them all or it's just an exercise in indoctrination.
Finally, it's OK for people to have different beliefs.
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