Intelligent Design....Evolution....?

Question

Okay… Could it be that the theory of Intelligent Design (despite the fact that it is a tool to teach a form of creationism in school) is actually an evolution of the Bible? I mean as we became more sophisticated creatures didn’t the Bible have to grow and change with us? It seems like as this newer model person we have become we didn’t accept, “Because God said” quite as well…Any thoughts?

Okay if it is an ever changing and evolving document. How come it ranks such importance today? I mean if we are constantly changing it to fit our needs, than how can you stand by it in its original form?

Answer 1

"Intelligent design" is not a theory.

It is the same old "God did it" excuse that has been used for thousands of years.

Intelligent design claims complexity is proof the universe was creator by a creator who was not created. That is illogical nonsense, not a theory.

Answer 2

Intelligent design is just a weak attempt to teach creation under a different name. It has no business being taught in school.

I am Catholic. We don't take the bible literally. We are taught evoution in Catholic schools. The bible is moral and theological directive, not science. The moral lessons in Genesis are valuable, but we should not take it literally. Science has proven otherwise beyond a shadow of a doubt.

We are taught that sometime in our history, a relationship was established between God and man.

Anyway, the more we learn about science, the more I believe that God had a hand in it.

A pinpoint of energy spontaneously explodes and becomes the big bang, creates trillions organized of Galaxies and then later on some slime on a planet in the middle of nowhere evolves eventually into a sentient creature? I definatley see Gods hand in that.

Answer 3

You have, I think, rightly recognized that the Bible is a document whose interpretation is dynamic and changes over time. I like to point to the U.S. Constitution as another document that, even though it has essentially stayed the same over the last 230 years (with a handful of amendments), the nature of the government it supports - and the larger society that supports it - has undergone dramatic change. And as society has changed, the interpretation of the Constitution has changed as well.

So it is with the Bible. Interpretation of the Word of God is left to us mere mortals, and as our civilization has changed over time, so too has our interpretation.

That said, I still object to Intelligent Design as a topic for scientific study. Intelligent Design does not lend itself to experimenting or testing, and as such, does not belong in science classrooms which rely on observable phenomena in order to arrive at conclusions. Intelligent Design is better suited for a philosophy classroom.

Answer 4

It's still propaganda. It's still not science. It's still a distortion of reality. It's still an insult to the intelligence of our children.

What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would styill smell as sweet.

And so would creationism, were it not creationism call'd, be a blight on our collective consciences and a great leap backwards for humanity.

Answer 5

No testable predictions can be derived from the creationst explanation.

Creationism has not made a single contribution to agriculture, medicine, conservation, foresty, pathology, or any other applied area of biology.

Creationism has yielded no classifications, no biogeographies, no underlying mechanisms, no unifying concepts with which to study organisms or life.

Answer 6

I agree wholeheartedly. The Bible itself is quite outdated in its rules and customs. For instance, in Biblical times, it was law for a man to marry his brother's wife if he died. The thing that many people don't realize is that religion is about evolution; spiritual evolution, and is therefore always changing.