INTELLIGENT DESIGN EVIDENCE
General Evidence for Intelligent Design
General Evidence for Intelligent Design
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An objective approach to the evidence in search of origins explanations
shows that Darwinism is only one interpretation of the evidence. As
with any evidentiary question in which present day evidence is used to
determine a past historical event (as in crime solving), it's the
interpretation of the evidence against competing explanatory theories
that permits one to converge on a best explanation.
GENERAL EVIDENCE FOR INTELLIGENT DESIGN:
In the case of origins science the present day evidence in nature can
be viewed in light of alternative explanatory causes. To a priori rule out
intelligent causation and mandate only explanations involving
unintelligent causes removes the inquiry from the realm of science.[1]
Insisting that science can only consider unintelligent causation
converts origins science into unchallengeable dogma. Science should
be tentative, considering all reasonable causal inferences based on
observed material data.
Footnotes:
1. One characteristic of religion is the presence of dogmatic views. The mark of
true science is tentativeness in holding to theories. Ironically, once a theory like
Darwinism becomes unchallengeable based on the supposed religious
implications of a competing theory, Darwinism itself is converted from science to
religion.
shows that Darwinism is only one interpretation of the evidence. As
with any evidentiary question in which present day evidence is used to
determine a past historical event (as in crime solving), it's the
interpretation of the evidence against competing explanatory theories
that permits one to converge on a best explanation.
GENERAL EVIDENCE FOR INTELLIGENT DESIGN:
In the case of origins science the present day evidence in nature can
be viewed in light of alternative explanatory causes. To a priori rule out
intelligent causation and mandate only explanations involving
unintelligent causes removes the inquiry from the realm of science.[1]
Insisting that science can only consider unintelligent causation
converts origins science into unchallengeable dogma. Science should
be tentative, considering all reasonable causal inferences based on
observed material data.
Footnotes:
1. One characteristic of religion is the presence of dogmatic views. The mark of
true science is tentativeness in holding to theories. Ironically, once a theory like
Darwinism becomes unchallengeable based on the supposed religious
implications of a competing theory, Darwinism itself is converted from science to
religion.
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