Does IDEA take a position on the age of the earth?しかし、カンブリア爆発をインテリジェントデザインの証拠だと言っている:
IDEAは地球の年齢についての何らかのポジションをとっているか?
The age of the earth is not an issue related to intelligent design theory, the validity of evolutionary theory, or even to to the validity of religions, including Christianity. For this reason, IDEA finds no reason to make any statements about the age of the earth. This does not mean it is not an important question, but it is not one we address.
地球の年齢はインテリジェントデザイン理論や、進化論の妥当性、あるいはキリスト教を含む宗教の妥当性とは関係がない。この理由により、IDEAは地球の年齢について何らかの声明を出す必要性を見出せない。これは地球の年齢が重要な問題ではないという意味ではないが、我々の対象ではない。
[IDEA Center FAQ]
“The origin of biological information and the higher taxonomic categories” by Stephen C. Meyer, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 117(2):213-239 (2004) (explicitly advocating that intelligent design is the best explanation for the origin of biological information in the Cambrian explosion)5.3億年前あたりにカンブリア爆発が起きたのなら、"若い地球の創造論"を否定することになるのだが、さて、IDEA Centerの立場はどうなっているのだろうか?
[FAQ: Is intelligent design just creationism (or creationism "in disguise")?]
ということで質問してみたら、シンプルな回答がやってきた:
The IDEA Center agrees that a Cambrian explosion occurs, but does not speculate about when.カンブリア爆発の期間が3000万年くらいはある[ie. talkorigins]と世の中では推定されている。それを認めると、"若い地球の創造論"を否定することになる。たぶん、期間も対象外なんだろう。
IDEA Centerはカンブリア爆発が起きたことは認めるが、それがいつ起きたかは推測しない。
以下、回答メール:
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:14:37 -0500
From: info@ideacenter.org
To: "Kumicit"
Subject: Re: Cambrian explosion around 530 million year ago?
Dear Sir/Madam:
The IDEA Center agrees that a Cambrian explosion occurs, but does not
speculate about when. I hope this clarifies matters for you.
Best wishes,
Caroline Crocker, MSc, PhD
Executive Director IDEA Center
Quoting Kumicit:
> Dear IDEA staff
>
> I am confusing when I met your IDEA FAQ.
>
> In your IDEA FAQ http://www.ideacenter.org/about/faq.php
> you says "The age of the earth is not an issue related to
> intelligent design theory, the validity of evolutionary theory, or
> even to to the validity of religions, including Christianity. For
> this reason, IDEA finds no reason to make any statements about the
> age of the earth."
>
> But you mentions Cabrian Explotion such as at
> http://www.ideacenter.org/contentmgr/showdetails.php/id/1183
>
> So you do not specify WHEN the Cambrian explosion occurred?
> Or you consider that the Cambrian explosion occurred around 530
> million year ago, which denies the Young Earth Position.
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