Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site utastro.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!ut-sally!utastro!ethan From: ethan@utastro.UUCP (Ethan Vishniac) Newsgroups: net.origins Subject: Re: How about the future? Message-ID: <639@utastro.UUCP> Date: Fri, 12-Oct-84 15:28:09 EDT Article-I.D.: utastro.639 Posted: Fri Oct 12 15:28:09 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 14-Oct-84 04:41:57 EDT References: hao.1187, cvl.1382 <1373@browngr.UUCP>, <1401@browngr.UUCP> Organization: UTexas Astronomy Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 23 [] A couple of people, both creationists, have insisted in recent articles that the point of this discussion is whether or not science has anything to say about the existence of God. I was shocked to hear this. I think most of the other people in this discussion group must have been equally surprised. The point of this discussion group is, I think, whether or not science has anything to say about the origin of species, and if so does "scientific creationism" qualify as a legitimate scientific hypothesis. This touches on the existence of God only if you believe that evolution necessarily implies atheism. The logical leap involved there is too great for me. "I can't help it if my Ethan Vishniac knee jerks" {charm,ut-sally,ut-ngp,noao}!utastro!ethan Department of Astronomy University of Texas Austin, Texas 78712