Proponants of intelligent design generally claim the theory to be scientific, while atheists accuse them of trying to sneak god into the room wearing science-colored clothing.
It seems to me that the universe, or parts of it, COULD have been designed by an intelligence. But while the universe may be ingenious, it is certainly not perfect. Would intelligent design proponants accept the existence of an intelligent but imperfect creator?
2007-11-26 07:13:39 · 7 answers · asked by David Carrington Jr. 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Questioner: I'm not confusing the two: surely you'd admit that MOST proponants of ID are really just Creationists in scienc-ish clothing?
But if your answer is in earnest, and there are IDers who are not creationists, than I would guess the answer to my question is "Yes"?
2007-11-28 06:31:33 · update #1
So many people these days are confusing biblical creationism with intelligent design. "Intelligent Design is the study of patterns in nature that are best explained as the result of intelligence" (Dr. William Dembski). That's it; it says nothing of who the creator is and how he/she/it/they did it. Intelligent Design encompasses every "creation" story, even aliens seeding life on this planet, or the creator using evolution (theistic evolution).
2007-11-28 03:57:19 · answer #1 · answered by Questioner 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Intelligent desgin does have a number of peer reviewed sceintists so this does give it some legitmacy. Thier intent is not to say who the designer is although those who belong to it's group may have thier own beliefs. They do have some Jews, Christians and even agnostics on board and many do believe in some degree of evolution evidenced in such books as Michael Behe's new book edge of evolution.
2007-11-26 07:21:21 · answer #2 · answered by Edward J 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
confident, if we've been designed you will ought to ask your self why the fashion designer positioned a shrunken abdomen interior us to get contaminated and kill a great type human beings for 1000's of years till appendectomies grew to turn into feasible and secure. some creationists attempt to argue that the appendix shops efficient micro organism and facilitates us get better quicker from abdomen bugs and food poisoning yet this does not stability out the variety of folk who died as a results of it. Take a poll of your human beings and notice how lots of them or their father and mom and grandparents have had appendicitis resolved by ability of surgical technique. this gives you an thought of ways many human beings does not be right here if we've been decrease back some hundred years.
2016-12-10 06:35:01 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And it COULD have been designed by Kermit the Frog.
No theory which has no basis in fact should be taught. Period.
2007-11-27 00:29:10 · answer #4 · answered by Elizabeth J 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course they wouldn't accept that, since ID is really just religion disguised as science, and both sides know it.
2007-11-26 07:18:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If they claim to be true scientist they would have to have an open mind.
2007-11-26 07:21:02 · answer #6 · answered by Monkey Man 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have more intellegence in my little finger than creationists have in their brains.
"whats the difference between a creationists brain and a peanut?"
"you can see the peanut"
2007-11-26 07:18:39 · answer #7 · answered by Adam (AM) 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋