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Posted by ohyes on June 18, 2009, 1:17 pm, in reply to "Re: differentiating intelligent design from creationism"
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Well, I found the differentiation betwixt the two camps enlightening. It is also, as far as I can tell, accurate.
Sadly, as I noted previously, while it answers the question asked I made a mistake with the question.
I'm looking for nit so much a description of the adherents of each POV of view but some method that one could use to tell the theories apart.
For example, it is extremely difficult to differentiate intelligent design from evolutionary theory. The difference, as far as I can tell comes down to little more than an abstraction. Intelligent design people (clarity could be an issue, when I say ID folks I mean the ones I know and interact with) are fine with most all of evolutionary theory but want to stick an alien or God or some other unnamed mover in at points they find crucial.
That is all well and good but the ID folks basically cede most of the argument to the evolutionists. Which is also fine. What they are really haggling about comes down to abstracted mechanisms and not much more.
YEC types, whom I also respect (there is this persistent notion that someone who doesn't agree with you is somehow stupid or subhuman. I find this notion abhorrent) don't go nearly as far. hey will tell you that the earth is some years old and everything was created.
Traditionally, IDers and YECeers have been seen as two sides of the same coin. More of objectionists to evolution than true proponents of either theory.
I don't find that to be the case any longer. To me (and yes this overly based on my perceptions) it seems that ID is in an all too comfortable position. The theory can be adapted to fit the YEC perspective or the evolutionary perspective as need be.
So, more than categorizing someone as ID or YEC, I was interested in some manner, some type of test that would either favor or disfavor ID with respect to YEC.
That is the trouble I had with the response Walter and again, thank for taking time to respond.
