Hi,Intelligent design is something that has been obsessing the Determinist lately. As winding him up is one of the things that keeps me going I've taken an interest into it as well.
In the best traditions of UK culture those who ridicule and satirise make the best case here.
So basically the root cause of how life on Earth got its initial kick up the bum is still under discussion. It is the unknown nature of this beginning that makes it such a cool subject.
As with all unknown parts of human experience people fill in the big dark scary spaces in their understanding with imagination and belief. Whether it is belief in a creation myth or a much discussed and unproven scientific theory.
Personally I don't give a rats arse how things got started. I just adore the way that these discussions affect the people involved.
Whether they build a big fire in the cave-mouth of their reality to keep the unknown out - or jump into the darkness and hallucinate their tits off because of sensory deprivation.
So I don't see a huge gap between Creationists and Scientists. They're both trying to tackle a big scary subject with belief.
Though I have to say the scientific method of discovering knowledge is more my cup of tea than someone quoting from a bad translation, of a translation, of a translation of a book which I consider to be ill conceived and poorly written.
So I'll be watching the fight with interest. I am willing to bet a large sum of money that the Creationist camp will pull weapons first.
Anyone want to take that bet?
NP out
P.S. 10 cool points for identifying the person in the photo above and what aspect of the Tarot they are portraying.
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The person in the photo is, of course, Aleister Crowley and it looks to me like a king of swords. It COULD be knave of swords because the crown is pretty small, but I can't be 100%.
And how can you say you don't care where we came from? Surely, as a pagan, you think that some dark god of the deep created us of left over spaghetti from his meal the night before. AND everyone who thinks otherwise is a blasphemer.
Don't label me you squint eyed atheist.
And the card you guessed is pretty much wrong. So no cool points for you.
NP
Damn you todge, you've blogrolled me. That means I'm going to have to get off my fat pinko communist backside and actually write something now - gaaahh.
And as for this post - you never said you were an flouncy pseudo-intellectual you sly old dog. You'll be coming to work in petticoats next ;-) Oh - you already do.
The only petticoats I associate with are your mothers.
They're like big billowing sails...
NP
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