practition^r
Interior Design
A play on words, "intelligent design".
I have a rather undeveloped interest in epistemology. Undeveloped because I label myself as "a cynic by nature. Naive by design". That is, I deliberately have not read major philosophical works too seriously or taken any philosophy courses, so that in the end my philosophies are truly my own -- even if someone has thought as I have before me.
That being said, I am familiar with some basic concepts of logic and fallacies. And I do sometimes wish I knew more, or that I had a friend who would be willing to read, explore, and discuss such things with me.
One of my main beliefs is that your interpretation of evidence in the world is shaped by your personal experiences. The best way I can explain this is to give an example:
There are two ways you can look at the complex nature of the human body and its workings. You can look at it and see a nearly odd deliberation in form and function -- evidence that some being tinkered in our existence. God, if you will. Or you can look at it, and see the millions of little modifications selecting for the form and function -- evolution.
My point is, whether you accept your upbringing or reject it, how you interpret "evidence" is based on all your prior experiences. That says nothing of "intelligent design's" or evolution's concepts.
To me, personally, you can believe whatever you want as long as you don't overimpose your opinions on other people. And to me, personally, the two (ID and Evolution) do not have to be mutually exclusive.
Who's to say that God didn't choose evolution as the means for our creation?
Interior Design
A play on words, "intelligent design".
I have a rather undeveloped interest in epistemology. Undeveloped because I label myself as "a cynic by nature. Naive by design". That is, I deliberately have not read major philosophical works too seriously or taken any philosophy courses, so that in the end my philosophies are truly my own -- even if someone has thought as I have before me.
That being said, I am familiar with some basic concepts of logic and fallacies. And I do sometimes wish I knew more, or that I had a friend who would be willing to read, explore, and discuss such things with me.
One of my main beliefs is that your interpretation of evidence in the world is shaped by your personal experiences. The best way I can explain this is to give an example:
There are two ways you can look at the complex nature of the human body and its workings. You can look at it and see a nearly odd deliberation in form and function -- evidence that some being tinkered in our existence. God, if you will. Or you can look at it, and see the millions of little modifications selecting for the form and function -- evolution.
My point is, whether you accept your upbringing or reject it, how you interpret "evidence" is based on all your prior experiences. That says nothing of "intelligent design's" or evolution's concepts.
To me, personally, you can believe whatever you want as long as you don't overimpose your opinions on other people. And to me, personally, the two (ID and Evolution) do not have to be mutually exclusive.
Who's to say that God didn't choose evolution as the means for our creation?