[MD] Intelligent Design

[Steven Peterson]

Hi Ian,

On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Ian Glendinning
<ian.glendinning at gmail.com> wrote:
> And Steve, science is irrelevant to creation.


That depends. It would be very hard to reconcile a literal reading of
Genesis with our scientific knowledge. But there is no reason why
someone could not find some way to get an idea about God's role in
creation to cohere with science.

It's like that Einstein quote that religious people like to relate,
"There are two ways to live [our something like that], as though
everything is a miracle or as though nothing is." What the religious
people who cite this quote miss is that they are usually holding that
idea that Einstein (and science) rules out: that God performs miracles
once in a while and is more inclined to intervene when people pray.

Best,
Steve