Is attempting to debunk evolution actually proof of "intelligent design"?

Question

Is there actual proof of intelligent design? Denying evolution doesn't prove intelligent design - is there actual proof of intelligent design? If not, shouldn't the teaching of "intelligent design" be left to churches and clergy?

Answer 1

"Intelligent design" has no place in real science.Evolution does.
That this is even a debate in America makes America look foolish and backward in the eyes of the rest of the world

Answer 2

You ask a very good question. To answer, you must first define your terms, or else we'll be discussing semantics. The current definition of evolution is, "a change in gene frequency within a population over time." Now, I don't think this is at all debatable. Over time, from certain environmental pressures, different organisms as a whole exhibit physical traits due to the change in gene frequency. In bacteria, this can be demonstrated by applying certain pressures (heat, antibiotics, etc.). The ones that survive do so because of their genetic makeup, which they pass on to progeny. So, by definition, evolution is really non-debatable,. I realize your question seeks the implications of this observation on billions of years of organismal replication, but, let's be clear, evolution is fact. The second part of your question is about the ultimate source of observed phenomena. This is not something science can deal with by the fundamentals of scientific theory. Science only deals with what is observable, and acknowledges an error even within that. So the question about an intelligent designer is beside the point for science. This of course seems difficult for some theologists to grasp, and leaves many scientists confused as to why they don't understand this. So no, there is no definitive proof for or against an intelligent designer in science, nor could there ever be. Any such "proof" could only be observed as a scientific law. Therefore, a "science" class should never pour intelligent design into curriculum because science cannot deal with such questions. It's a dilution of physical reality. This is aside from the then impossible task of assigning a personhood to this designer. Hope this helps. Also, as a math major, you may appreciate this perspective. ....... It is sometimes difficult for some to think of this process as random. However, there are reasons for these observations, i.e, mathematical formulae; however, they are too dynamic for current understanding. Nothing can ever truly be random, a simple consequence of cause and effect.

Answer 3

Intelligent has NO proof and CAN'T even BE proven or disproven. It is religion with a new name.

Evolution by natural selection has abundant evidence to anyone willing to look at it. Evolutionary theory could be disproven but it hasn't in the 150 years since Darwin proposed it.

Answer 4

I don't think there is proof of intelligent design but there also isn't proof of much of the Theory of Evolution. We should limit our teaching to the facts and barring that maybe philosophy clssrooms.

Answer 5

Intelligent design is proof Man is still an ape!

Nature evolves. People look like their parents. No one has any religion unless they are taught it and they believe they are a "bad" person for not conforming to it.

Answer 6

I simplify it, and my parish priest actually believes I'm right:

God is an eternal being, and 7 days to him could have been the entire time it took for the earth to get to the point it was at 20,000 years ago.

Answer 7

is there any actual proof that intelligent design doesn't exist??

Answer 8

I'm no kin to the monkies, the monkies are no kin to me, I dont know much about your ancestors, BUT.. mine didnt swing from a tree!

Answer 9

Exactly, if evolution were true, religious people would have died out centuries ago.

Answer 10

Neither one is proven, both are just theories.