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From: ward@hao.UUCP (Mike Ward)
Newsgroups: net.origins
Subject: Re: creationism topics
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Date: Fri, 5-Oct-84 23:04:26 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct  5 23:04:26 1984
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> Creationists seem to think that since scientists need to postulate at least
> the initial existence of matter, then they are just as free to postulate the
> initial existence of God.  

But scientists have no need to postulate the initial existence
of matter.  They only need to postulate the existence of matter
at a certain point in time, and can very easily state that events
before that time, being unobservable, are beyond the realm of
science.  (and quite possibly in the realm of religion)

What that point in time is, of course, depends on the current
state of mankind's ability to observe.

-- 
Michael Ward, NCAR/SCD
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