The difference between "creationism", and "intelligent design" Is there any?

Question

I think they are both the same, not sure.

I personally believe God created, and guided evolution through his mighty hand.

Is there a difference between Creationism, and intelligent design?
Is it the same?

Early man with slightly different features, and dinosaurs existed. That isn't possible with a 10,000 year old Earth. Dinosaurs aren't in the bible. Come on.

As for my comments about Allah. That question is right. Some of the prayers in Islam are based on the lunar calendar. Why settle for a God that is worshipped around a lunar calender, when you can have a real one.

Answer 1

They are very similar, being that creationism needs to have a designer, and intelligent design creates something. The real difference is that ID doesn't necessarily need to create something from nothing, where creationism makes that assumption usually. Neither have anything to do directly with religion, although religion does have them, so it is important to keep in mind what the arguments for both actually are. With creationism, life was created out of nothing and either just "was" or evolved into what it is today, while ID is more like putting life together or making it out of parts and letting those do their thing. You'll notice I never said God or anything like that, because religion needs to have one of them to support it, but neither of the theories needs religion to exist. We have created and designed, but we are well aware that we are not gods. Ultimately, there is not enough difference between the two to make an argument between them, unless you begin to throw in religion.

Answer 2

Interestingly enough, there is a difference between creationism and intelligent design. Some of course say that ID is just a scientific mask for creationism, making it a sneaky attempt by conservative Christians to get their beliefs taught in the schools. While this may be the case with some, it's not entirely accurate.
First, many ID advocates are not evangelical Christians. Second, some ID advocates still believe in evolution (or at least consider evolution a possibility), they are only opposed to evolution being a chance occurence. ID just proposes that there is some intelligent force behind the material universe -- what that intelligent force is brings us out of the realm of ID.
In addition to ID advocates who distance themselves from the biblical creation movement, some creationists have criticized the movement -- Answers in Genesis being one such example: http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2002/0830_IDM.asp

They are similar in that they both claim there is an intelligent force behind living organisms, and there are certainly creationists who are also ID advocates, but the positions are different because 1) creationism uses the Bible as an authoritative source for their scientific beliefs while ID deals only with scientific data and logically/philosophically informed theories to interpret that data; and 2) creationism is much more specific on its beliefs regarding the way life came into existence (usually a highly literal reading of the Genesis accounts).

On a personal note, I do not find it incompatible to be a Christian and believe in evolution.

Answer 3

Well, they're the same in that "Chrysler" and "automobile" are the same. Creationism is a specific belief that the universe was "intelligently designed". ID acknowledges the possibility that a higher power may have created everything but doesn't ascribe it to a specific creator.

Liberals who oppose it are simply militant anti-religious zealots. It's as legitimate a "theory" as evolution and simply offers to expand the world of possibilities; something libs claim to support.

Answer 4

Intelligent design is a branch of Creationism.
Creationism is a word that can be used for every way god created everything we know. Intelligent design specifically refers to the religious view that god created microorganisms that have evolved to the life forms we know now.

Answer 5

I tend to think of creationism as being more "as it was written"...Biblical creationism would say the Earth was created in 6 (24)hour days, whereas Biblical intelligent design would say that a day in God's time could be millions of years in our time.

And there are dinos in the Bible--look up the Behemoth and the Leviathan...those are some strange-looking "crocs" and "hippos"

Answer 6

its the same, only in intelligent design they try to phrase it like science and had to retreat from a number of positions for there are facts which are undoubfully true like that bacteria can aquire antibiotic resistance (alternatively you can think god goes around and takes care of that, but that wouldn't be nice of him), so they try to argue around it. Most of what I read is, however, seriously flawed in its scientific methods and consequently not taken seriously by anybody who does understand science. They don't seem to do much original research anyway.

Answer 7

Your first mistake is trying to mix science and religion. Next you'll be asking if God put the egg in the chicken!

Answer 8

Intelligent design is the Christians latest attempt to get religion in the classroom.

Answer 9

not really. ID is an attempt to make "creationism" sound less religious and more scientific.

However, it failed miserably

Answer 10

Aren't you the same guy who believes the Muslims worship a moon god? shame on you for your bigotry