On the other hand, some ancient authors were remarkably sophisticated (I remember in particular being impressed with Philo of Alexandria\u2019s <\/a>understanding of rainbows in Questions and Answers on Genesis II<\/em>, 64<\/a>). Awe before the accomplishments of nature, including living things, is not inappopriate, but giving overly-facile explanations that fail to properly investigate matters thoroughly certainly is. And so I leave readers with this thought, that it is interesting to contrast the thoughtful insight of Philo\u2019s \u201cAnswers in Genesis<\/a>\u201d from almost 2,000 years ago, with Ken Ham\u2019s version of \u201cAnswers in Genesis<\/a>\u201d in our time.<\/p>\n One can trace the origins of intelligent design\u2019s type of argument back into the ancient world. Naturally, before there were scientific explanations for various phenomena, there was a tendency to identify all sorts of \u201cnatural phenomena\u201d (in our terms) as literally \u201cacts of God\u201d or acts of the gods. What is intriguing in these early […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-8732449815328363342?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\")