[Vision2020] Chasuk's Question

[Jim Meyer]

Chasuk,
Your questions seem  rhetorical, thus unanswered. However, I will weigh 
in and say that personally, I prefer not to dwell on unanswerable 
questions. To dwell on unanswerable questions is to partake in 
intellectual masturbation, something I don't particularly have time for. 
There are too many other, more important things to be concerned about, 
things that might actually make a positive difference in the world. Not 
that it is bad to be introspective about one's belief  in the nature of 
the universe, but I'd just personally rather work on more concrete 
endeavors.  

Jim Meyer

>Message: 6
>Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 17:43:30 -0700
>From: Chasuk <chasuk at gmail.com>
>Subject: [Vision2020] A Question Ununswered
>To: Vision2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com>
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>I asked a question recently on Vision2020 that I would still like
>answered.  I have enough questions and comments go unremarked upon
>that I am beginning to think that I have halitosis.
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>I reproduce the question below:
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>>Intelligent design holds that Darwin's theory of natural selection over time cannot fully explain the origin of life or the emergence of highly complex life forms. It implies that life on Earth is the product of an unidentified, intelligent force.
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>I never have understood this.  If life on Earth is the product of an
>unidentified, intelligent force, then what created this unidentified,
>intelligent force?  If it [this force] has always existed, then why posit its
>existence in the first place, when it would be just as logical to
>believe that life (on Earth or elsewhere) has always existed?  If it
>evolved, then why couldn't life as we know it have evolved?  if it was
>created, then what created the creator of the creator?  Now apply
>those questions ad infinitum (and ad nauseum).
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>Intelligent Design answers nothing, it just imposes another layer.
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>This question was originally posted to "heirdoug," but i would be
>grateful if anyone would answer.
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