I am trying to find out what ID exactly means. Please feel free to add other
resources or definitions.
http://www.nabt.org/resources_panda1.html
"First, it is defined (p. 150) as the theory that biological organisms owe
their origin to a preexistent intelligence, God presumably being this
preexistent intelligence."
It should be interesting to note that present inferences of ID cannot
exclude natural forces as the designer.
"Second, observing that "Darwinian evolution locates the origin of new
organisms in material causes, Pandas declares that (p 14):
Intelligent design, by contrast, locates the origin of new organisms in an
immaterial cause in a blueprint, a plan, a pattern devised by an
intelligent agent. "
A plan or blueprint is a very subjective indicator. Is there a purposeful
arrangement of parts? Purposeful in what manner? That it works or that it
works according to a plan?
I'd argue that no evidence of purposefulness exists.
"And third, in a discussion of fossils, a further declaration offers yet
more precision (p. 99-100):
Intelligent design means that various forms of life began
abruptly
through an intelligent agency, with their distinctive features
intact fish with fins and scales, birds with feathers, beaks,
and
wings, etc.
That seems to be disproven by the evidence.
"The publication of Mere Creation signals a broadening, multi-disciplinary
movement of scholars who challenge naturalistic
evolution on scientific and philosophical grounds. Scientifically,
specialists in the relevant fields show that the evidence points
to intelligence which fine-tuned the universe and designed complex organisms
. Philosophically, the authors insist that origins
science must be separated from the naturalism which excludes design or a
Designer by definition. "
http://www.origins.org/science/mcbook.html
I disagree that naturalism excludes design or a designer per definition.
"The irreducible complexity of such biochemical systems cannot be explained
by the
Darwinian mechanism, nor indeed by any naturalistic evo
lutionary mechanism proposed to
date."
http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft9810/dembski.html
Seems to be disproven as well.
"Design: a purposefully chosen mental plan intended for implementation; or,
the implementation of such a plan, particularly in the purposeful
arrangement of parts in something."
http://www.okbu.edu/academics/natsci/hp/keas/papers/contingency.htm
But this one cannot exclude natural designers either. Purposeful is a poor
choice since it implies a designer that can look forward but that is not
necessarily required.
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