Originally Posted by RAZD
Hello Jeanie,

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RAZD, Why would you refer to someone referring to something marvelous (as being intelligently designed) as "magic." Miracles aren't magic...just beyond our understanding. Manipulation of matter so to speak. God (The Father and Jesus Christ) have power over the elements.
Because when you appeal to supernatural forces to explain something all you are saying is "and then magic happened" rather than explain what happened.

When CTD says that "Recombination is a design feature. (A marvelous one, to be sure!)" he is saying that it is magic.
Actually, obedience to the Creator is a fundamental property of matter and energy. Were this not so, there would be no 'natural law' whatsoever.

While I can understand that some would include such obedience under the definition of 'magic', I would not. The authority which established and maintains natural laws is clearly distinct from the assortment of means which have been employed by men seeking to violate these laws (in defiance of said authority).

Dark Matter + Dark Energy = Dark Truth

"We find that such evidence demonstrates that the ID argument is dependent upon setting a scientifically unreasonable burden of proof for the theory of evolution." - Judge Jones Kitzmiller case
http://www.talkreason.org/articles/Falsify.cfm

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