Debate #9

[loosechanj]

I think my lack of opposition to Intelligent Design is due to the fact that I don't see Evolution as being particularly more valid than a properly expressed ID theory. Darwin gives people who don't want to feel beholden to any higher power the comfort of living in a universe without one, whether that's reality or not.

Comments

[en-ki.livejournal.com]

Evolution doesn't address the existence of a higher power. Theories of a higher power don't address evolution. They're irrelevant to each other. "Intelligent Design" does not describe any measureable or observeable process; it's just "it happened by magic", which means "don't study it".

It's worth studying, and the people who say it isn't are full of shit.

[loosechanj.livejournal.com]

As I said above, I'm probably quite mistaken as to what *I* consider intelligent design to be. Almost certainly it's not what the fundies are pushing.