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Xeno-x Re: YES -- THE COMMITTEE OF INTELLIGENT DESIGNERS
Something that is not so surprising is in looking at the demographics of who actually believes the validity of Intelligent Design. In the scientific community its proponents number less than 1 percentage point, though creationists would have us believe differently. Outside of the scientific community a clear trend can be seen based on education and local religious beliefs.
In the bible belt or areas that are traditionally Christian fundamentalist strongholds, polling numbers show percentages approaching a small majority of those who believe ID is valid. These numbers begin to vary noticeably outside of these areas and then dramatically when areas outside of the USA are polled.
To the jaded observer, this indicates that the validity of ID is based primarily on a US homegrown popularity contest that has very little support within the scientific community. It has virtually no significant support outside of the USA, though again ID proponents would have us believe differently.
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gomedome
on August 28, 2008 at 2:36 PM
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YES -- THE COMMITTEE OF INTELLIGENT DESIGNERS
a lot of times it looks like the Universe was the work of a committee.
If you know how committees work here, then you have an inkling of how one might have worked on the Universe. 
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Xeno-x
on August 28, 2008 at 1:28 PM
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resurrectionman - Re: Everything is possible...
First off, a belated welcome to Blogit.
I don't really believe that a super species is a likelihood, I merely offer it as equally valid to the notion of a supreme being. Observation alone lends more credence to multiple intelligent designers, this world and universe looks as if it were designed by committee.
Ultimately I see the universe and life, as random and indifferent without any form of consciousness influencing how it all started or how we got here.
I'm a science fiction fan as well, I'm still suffering from Star Trek withdrawal.
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gomedome
on August 28, 2008 at 9:31 AM
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Everything is possible...
... as someone who often wonders about how we got here, why the universe is the way it is, whether there are other species out there and so forth I often think of the various scenarios that could explain things. I think a super species that created us / our Universe as an experiment or diversion is possible... it helps that I am an atheist and science fiction fan (and writer) and am always looking for believable theories (all theories are believable until refuted by fact) on the basis of which to construct stories.
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resurrectionman
on August 28, 2008 at 1:38 AM
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Xeno-x - Re: A family of gods is highly possible
I don't want to sound as if I'm actually proposing anything but more suggesting that we have no real basis for what our perceptions are currently.
Other than what we have been conditioned to envision.
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gomedome
on August 27, 2008 at 7:58 PM
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A family of gods is highly possible
I mean, YHVH walked through the Garden, haggled with Abraham over Sodom and Gomorrah, wrestled with Jacob. This is what I would suppose was a human form -- especially with Abraham and Jacob.
So why not? Sons and grandsons and generations. Sounds reasonable to me.
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Xeno-x
on August 27, 2008 at 1:48 PM
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