[conservativephilosopher] Keith Burgess-Jackson: From Today's *New York Times*

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Posted by Keith Burgess-Jackson:
>From Today's *New York Times*
http://www.conservativephilosopher.com/posts/1125284141.shtml


   To the Editor:

   In the articles in the "Debate Over Darwin" series (front page, Aug.
   21-23), it's clear that some human beings cannot understand how the
   complex organisms of today could have evolved over time from inanimate
   matter. But the concept of an intelligent designer does not rule out
   the possibility of evolution. Here is why:

   An all-powerful intelligent designer who, by definition, is neither
   finite nor limited can do anything.

   Therefore, an all-powerful intelligent designer could have used a
   process of evolution from inanimate matter to produce the complex
   organisms of today.

   If human beings fail to understand how this is possible, that must be
   due to the finite and limited understanding of human beings.

   Ergo, the evolution of species is compatible with the concept of an
   intelligent designer.

   The only way to exclude the possibility of evolution is to deny either
   the all-powerfulness or the all-intelligence of the designer.

   Do the critics of evolutionary theory want to do that?

   [1]Marilyn Friedman
   St. Louis, Aug. 26, 2005

References

   1. http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~philos/friedman/friedman.html