INTELLIGENT DESIGN EVIDENCE
The Evidence Filter: Key to Understanding

Approached objectively, one finds that the evidence used to support Darwinism
is actually better evidence for intelligent design. One way to illustrate the
concept of objectivity is to use the Evidence Filter.
HOW IT WORKS:  For each instance of observed evidence of design in
nature, consider the following five questions:

1. Does this evidence actually support a theory of unintelligent causation
(i.e., is the evidence consistent with what one would expect to observe if
evolution were true, evolution being a naturalistic, unintelligent process
such as Darwinism)?

2. What inferences does the evidence actually support (i.e., what can
reasonably or actually be inferred from the observations put forth as
evidence, as opposed to what is purported to be proven)?

3. Does the evidence also support alternative theories, including an
inference of intelligent causation (i.e., is the evidence consistent with
what one would expect to observe if another theory, such as intelligent
design, were true)?

4. Does the evidence, taken as a whole with other evidence, weigh more
heavily in favor of unintelligent processes of evolution or an alternative
theory?

5. Does the evidence, taken as a whole with other evidence, rule out a
particular alternative theory?