On this week’s episode we look at the question of, “what is the god of the gaps problem?”, and how that problems cuts both ways in our journey. God, the one with the capital “G”, loves you!
“What justifies the elimination of chance is not just the occurrence of a highly improbable event, but the occurrence of a very improbable event that also conforms to an independently given or discernible pattern.” Science and Evidence for Design in the Universe, Behe, Dembski & Meyer, 1999, pg 77
“What is it about these two patterns that indicates the activity of an intelligence, whereas other patterns…do not? The key concept is that of “independence”. I define a specification as a match between an event and an independently given pattern. Events that are both highly complex and specified (that is, that match an independently given pattern) indicate design.” Science and Evidence for Design in the Universe, Behe, Dembski & Meyer, 1999, pg 29
“If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down. But I can find out no such case.” Darwin, The Origin of Species, 1859, pg 176
“It has been said that I speak of natural selection as an active power or Deity; but who objects to an author speaking of the attraction of gravity as ruling the movements of the planets?” Darwin, The Origin of Species, 1859, pg 77
“In living bodies, variation will cause the slight alterations, generation will multiply them almost infinitely, and natural selection will pick out with unerring skill each improvement.” Darwin, The Origin of Species, 1859, pg 176
“Natural selection not only explains the whole of life, it also raises our consciousness to the power of science to explain how organized complexity can emerge from simple beginnings without any deliberate guidance.” Dawkins, The God Delusion, 2008, pg 141
Dr. William Lane Craig vs Dr. Peter Atkins (April 3, 1998 - HQ) – 50 minute mark.
