George: I think that you misunderstand. Both he and I were differentiating between a “scientific discussion” and a more general discussion, as per the discussion rules. That’s what I’m understanding and it meets with Joshua’s discussion rules here:
Continuing the discussion from The Rules of the Game:
No one can legitimately suppress your opinion regarding God or how he may have decided to manifest himself. But, even as Joshua says, in terms of having a purely scientific discussion, it must not be theological in nature.
Honestly, this is why I asked the question that I asked. Assuming that these are the rules, a scientific discussion must also NOT include a theological assumption, such as a nod to “design”. Hope that makes sense.