Re: black holes and intelligent design

From: Mark VandeWettering (wettering_at_attbi.com)
Date: 02/28/05 

Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 20:58:41 -0600

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On 2005-02-27, Glenn <glennsheldon@SPAMqwest.net> wrote:
>
> "steve_h" <steve.howarth@bigfoot.co.m> wrote in message
> news:38emopF5jo953U1@individual.net...
>>
>>
>> Glenn wrote:
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>>
>> > An accident is an event that happens by chance, without a cause. Like
> you
>> > consider mutations. Maybe that's why.
>>
>> Accidents are unexpected or unforeseen events,
>
> Yes, accidents can be regarded as events. That's why I used the word.
>
>>but they usually turn out to have causes.
>>
> Sure they (accidents) do, but they either happen by chance or not by chance.
>
> Accidents are determined by events that occur from a range of possibilities
> not determined by a particular cause.

Not only is this usage peculiar to yourself, it is also not objective, and
therefore fairly useless. That's probably why scientists don't say things
like "mutations occur by accident". It's vague at best, misleading almost
by design, and almost certainly incorrect.

        Mark

        
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