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Post #735473

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RicOlie_2
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Ask the non-member of all churches AKA Interrogate the atheist
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Date created
12-Nov-2014, 12:07 PM

DuracellEnergizer said:

I have no problem with theistic evolution or, as I prefer to call it, evolutionary creationism. The idea that God designed the universe to allow life to come into existence through natural evolution isn't only valid in my eyes, but beautiful as well.

Intelligent Design, on the other hand, is a whole 'nother kettle of fish altogether. While it superficially resembles theistic evolution/evolutionary creationism, it posits that certain biological features COULD NOT have come into existence through natural evolution and COULD ONLY have been designed by an intelligent entity. That is just pure "god-of-the-gaps" pseudoscience without any basis in fact.

 My mistake. I've always assumed they were the same thing.