Do you believe that the "Theory of intelligent design" is just another way for Scientist to say God exists?

Question

I kinda agree with everybody, just do not know why I am getting thumbs down just for asking.... a theory is just a theory that is why is not called a proof LOL

Answer 1

I am not sure who came up with that wording; but it sounds like someone that is presently afraid to say 'God' designed it.

Answer 2

Hi Muslimah,

It is a complex issue so you will have to study it some more. All you will get are sound bites here. But, I will make few points and hopefully you will look further.

1. ID is not necessarily Christian. It seems to be more Deism, which only states that a creator exists, and has no doctrine.

2. There is room for a creator. For example, why did a universe come into existance suddenly, from the nothingness of a singularity of an atom? It is a stretch! How did life start? Natural selection needs something to select, and the origins of life took a lot of biology. Why are we conscious and believe we have free will?

These are a few of the issues right now, for some people, it seems that the data suggests a creator must exist, and that this is more likely than the belief that we are random quirks of nature.

Answer 3

no its a way for some to make non scientific ideas look scientific. This is due to the fact that science is the only absolute. Sometimes the answers just havent been found.

wow shane thanks for proving my point.

As used in science, a theory is an explanation or model based on observation, experimentation, and reasoning, especially one that has been tested and confirmed as a general principle helping to explain and predict natural phenomena.

Any scientific theory must be based on a careful and rational examination of the facts. A clear distinction needs to be made between facts (things which can be observed and/or measured) and theories (explanations which correlate and interpret the facts.

A fact is something that is supported by unmistakeable evidence. For example, the Grand Canyon cuts through layers of different kinds of rock, such as the Coconino sandstone, Hermit shale, and Redwall limestone. These rock layers often contain fossils that are found only in certain layers. Those are the facts.

It is a fact is that fossil skulls have been found that are intermediate in appearance between humans and modern apes. It is a fact that fossils have been found that are clearly intermediate in appearance between dinosaurs and birds.

Facts may be interpreted in different ways by different individuals, but that doesn't change the facts themselves.

Theories may be good, bad, or indifferent. They may be well established by the factual evidence, or they may lack credibility. Before a theory is given any credence in the scientific community, it must be subjected to "peer review." This means that the proposed theory must be published in a legitimate scientific journal in order to provide the opportunity for other scientists to evaluate the relevant factual information and publish their conclusions.

Creationists refuse to subject their "theories" to peer reviews, because they know they don't fit the facts. The creationist mindset is distorted by the concept of "good science" (creationism) vs. "bad science" (anything not in agreement with creationism). Creation "scientists" are biblical fundamentalists who can not accept anything contrary to their sectarian religioius beliefs.

Answer 4

Well, I wouldn't call them scientists, and I wouldn't call Intelligent Design a theory.

Theories have some requirements:
1) Defined terms. ID's terms are very loose. What do they mean by "design"?
2) Something testable. Irreducibility just boils down to, "We don't know yet how it came about", and most examples generally given have been explained. You can't show something to be true if you can't say what would prove it false.

Answer 5

No, it's a religious belief - Nothing to do with science at all.

Creationism ('ID') is not falsifiable. There is no possible argument or evidence that you could use to refute the assertion that an intelligent entity had an influence in the origin of living organisms. Science only deals with ideas that are capable of disproof by objective evidence or valid argument (i.e. things which we can potentially prove untrue). Since creationism does not fit this criterion, it is not science, by definition.

When Charles Darwin wrote the first edition of his Origin of Species, he acknowledged in his foreword the many people - including many theologians - who already accepted that all living organisms are related by common descent. Darwin's contribution was to propose a rigorous explanation of the mechanism which accounts for this fact - i.e. descent with modification by means of natural selection, or evolution - and to support his proposal with objective evidence.

Since then, there has never been any plausible doubt about the underlying basis of Darwin's work - the fact of evolution is demonstrated by huge amounts of evidence of many independent kinds. Creationism died forever when Darwin published the Origin of Species.

Answer 6

Not at all.

It's a way for christians to get "creationism" into the schools. Real scientists don't believe it.

Beware of wolves in sheeps clothing!

Answer 7

The people who push ID aren't scientists.

Like Ken Hovind.. whose degrees are from a fake school. Hopefully, Dr. Dino will get locked away for years on fraud and tax evasion charges.

Answer 8

It is not a way for scientists to say that god exists, the mainstream scientific community knows that the whole 'god' concept is ridiculous garbage. The term 'intelligent design' is another way for brainwashed religious peolpe to say 'creationism'.

Answer 9

Until any one knows for sure, any explanation of creation is only a theory.

Answer 10

No, this theory can be supported -

http://www.creationontheweb.com/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/

it makes a lot of sense if you take the time to look into it. Many evolutionists claim it is religion and not science but this could not be further from the truth. It theory of intelligent design is just as scientific as 'the theory of evolution'.