Is there any scientific evidence whatsoever to support the theory of "Intelligent Design?"?

Question

Disproving the theory of evolution doesn't count as proof of creationism, BTW.

Answer 1

None whatsoever. It's simply a theory based on religious faith. Technically if there were a god, that god could have set things in motion such that evolution was planned to happen.

Basically it's saying "okay we accept evolutionary theory, here's how we can incorporate religion into it." There's no scientific backing to it at all. Not much logic, either.

Answer 2

What a coincidence! I just went to the Creation Museum today! I felt pretty out of place with my Unitarian Universalist Vanity plate and my Blue and Yellow Equal sign on my car! I don't know if it was obvious that I don't believe in Creationism. I was trying to stay under cover, so I hope not. Honestly, I've never been around so many Creationists in my life.

Anyhow- I don't think there is any scientific evidence. To my understanding, the Scientific Method does not allow you to stop with "God Did It," as an explanation, and since Intelligent Design in a nutshell is "Everything is so complex that something must have made it," then I think, just on a technicality, there can not ever be any "scientific" evidence for Intelligent Design.

Answer 3

The answer to this question depends upon what you are willing to accept as evidence, what fundamental philosophical beliefs you hold to, and how you interpret scientific data.

The common perception is that ID people and creationists (they are not necessarily the same thing) don't accept science. That is not true. They accept the scientific method, rules of evidence, etc.; they simply start with different assumptions than evolutionists do, and end up at different conclusions. For instance, evolutionists see commonalities in animals (such as the shape of certain bones) as evidence of what they call "common descent". ID people and creationists see it as evidence of a "common design". And, when you think about it, both are dealing with "design" here; evolutionists simply see life as being based on a design that came about naturally, while ID people and creationists see it as having been purposefully created.

That said, there is no "smoking gun" evidence in favor of either evolution or ID/creationism, although I believe that there is much reason to infer that life was created. For instance, we do not know of a single exception to the principle: "life begets life". No one has ever observed the spontaneous generation of life from non-living material, nor is there any evidence that it has ever occurred. I think it likely that no reputable scientist would even suggest that such a thing ever occurred, or was even possible, if it were not for the fact that evolution demands that it must have occurred at some point in the past. But because evolution does demand it, many scientists accept it; they simply say that they don't know how it happened.

In that same train of thought, consider DNA. DNA is the basis of every known living organism. It contains genetic instructions for the development and functioning of all life forms at the cellular level, and it is perfectly consistent with the idea of a Designer. The reason for this is because DNA is PASSED DOWN from one life form to another, meaning that, for a life form to be created, there must have been a previous form of life upon which to base new DNA - a previous form of life with a complete genetic code, because life as we understand it cannot exist with incomplete DNA.

Darwinian evolution cannot account for the rise of the original genetic code, seeing as that code must have been complete from the beginning or life could not exist. The idea of a Designer, however, can account for this.

For more info on ID, see Michael Behe's book "Darwin's Black Box". For more info on strict creationism, see the Answers in Genesis website: http://www.answersingenesis.org/

Answer 4

And is there evidence an accidental coupling of two amino acids that randomly became humans occurred?

I am not saying intelligent design is the truth, but it makes as much sense as the idea that a random act occurred and some how life sprang up from it.

Man what a bunch of elitists some of you are, you need to remember many of the "fathers of science" were priests. Genetics, astronomy, physics and biology all got their start or were chronicled by priests or religiously trained scholars trying to understand "Gods" work.

Funny, I bet a lot of people in here would say religious people are rude, ignorant and incapable of being open minded...

Pot I would like you to meet Kettle, you have a lot in common.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

There are many different versions of that theory, some better 'supported,' than others. For instance, you can have an 'Intelligent Design' theory that is basically identical to the theory of evolution, but posits an intelligence setting evolution into motion. Any evidence that supports evolution also supports that theory.

Answer 7

There is more evidence supporting the existence of the tooth fairy then intelligent design. Intelligent design is a theory made up by man based on hope, not reality or science.

I don't trust or respect anyone who believes in that crap.

Answer 8

There is scientific evidence against the theory of intelligent design...Rush Limbaugh.

Answer 9

Not in politics. A theory is just that, a theory. Most believe there is a God. Peace

Answer 10

There is not any answer a liberal would accept in the first place. The mere fact that evolution has been disproved, should tell you to look elsewhere, yet you realy on a man made science for answers, when that same science told you the world was flat...