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   From: malte_runz@forgitit.dk   
      
   "August Rode"  skrev i meddelelsen news:V8%Zv.410701$1s.143057@fx05.iad...   
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   > On 10/10/2014 5:48 PM, R.Dean wrote:   
      
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   > > Nothing about this follow up altered the statement by Dr. Lewontin.   
   > > Naturalism is the apriori consideration.   
   >   
   > Of course. There's a damn good reason for it. If the supernatural   
   > (assuming that anything supernatural actually exists) were to be   
   > considered, we couldn't explain *anything* with any confidence at all.   
      
   Often it boils down to 'All snowflakes are hexagonal, because God designed   
   them that way. Sure, there is also a naturalistic explanation, but it   
   doesn't disprove the design argument, and therefore the latter must be   
   regarded as an equally valid alternative.'   
      
      
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