In the "Darwin vs. Design" debate, I am often confronted by the claim that science cannot explain biogenesis, or the creation of the universe for that matter. But doesn't the design hypothesis face the exact same problem? What created the designer? Plausible answers seem to fall into circularity or an ad infinitum. Some posit that a designer is eternal, but with no evidence for such, the same concession must be afforded to a materialistic account as well: note that I am referring to intelligent design (ID) which claims to be scientific, so any burden of proof or lack thereof should be shared equally between a materialistic and ID account. I think both lines run into the same problem, that of initial creation, but I would like to hear possible answers. Please do not give "deep" answers, but rather clear ones which I can understand. Thanks!
2007-11-13
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