"JaBrIoL" <Jabriol@excite.com> wrote in message
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> "Zachriel" <angel@zachriel.com> wrote in message
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 > Sagan is obviously making a rhetorical argument *against* the common
> > conceptions of a Great Designer in regards to biological evolution.
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> > > Frank
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> Sagan was falling into: "why did god not make everything perfect"
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> he forget about tools used by a designer.  a ladder used to build a
> roof on a house does not become part of the house, it put away or
> discarded.

Are you saying God is little more than a carpenter? Why would God be limited
to any particular set of tools? Is He all powerful or not?


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> using biological entities to prepare an atmosphere, and discard later
> is not uncommon to terraformer theorists, thw quote does however
> demostrate design, if other factors based on his personal opinions did
> not get into the way..

So you don't really believe in the omnipotence of the Supreme Being? Does
that make him just a Better Than Average Being?

Frank


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> It is like being an agonostic: a just-in-case atheist