Quotes by Dave Freer

“I cant help you there, but a simple prayer would be a start. You dont have to have all the answers in the universe to offer up a prayer. All that takes is a little humility and a willingness to let go of anger, assumptions, demands ... and actually its funny how little faith it takes. That seems to come afterward.”

“Such as a universe that is not made of dead, mute, inert matter.”

“1. Poor design is still design.”

“Its good to see that you have a rudimentary grasp of the design inference. I was not making a design inference when I employed the building analogy. ”

“I have been known to do that, it just wasnt happening there.”

“but the idea of design might open our understanding to some things we never would have considered otherwise.”

“The fact that cells reproduce and buildings dont has absolutely nothing to do with the point that was being made.”

“But it has nothing to do with the analogy I was making.”

“Science, properly understood, should merely be defined as the knowledge man can gain from observing the natural world.”

“For example, a Frank Lloyd Wright building of a certain period will most likely share many traits with his other buildings of the same period.”