Intelligent Design

mini
Mon, 08 Aug 2005 22:11:33 +0000

Are we really in a position to declare that it could not have happened through “dumb” means? Could only have happened by the act of God?

“Dumb means and act of God” could mean exactly the same thing, either an intelligent being that set off a chain of random and chaotic events we now call evolution, or no such being and the evolution of a design that makes some kind of sense to the mere mortals to be found within it. Intelligence does not mean design, and design does not necessarily require intelligence.

It lacks explanatory power, even when it makes us feel good.