Pierre Vandevenne wrote:
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal.../4341062a.html

Semantical translation, quantum leap, whatever... We'll soon be at
the "who
designed the designer" level...

The *concept* of intelligent design sounds intriguing.

However the Intelligent Design turns out to be not just a concept, but
a *movement*. Or two. Part of the movement turns out to be the same
old, rancid wine in yet another new bottle. At least when they called
themselves "creationists," they weren't trying to bamboozle anyone.
But after the courts carefully pointed out the 1st Amendment,
creationism became "creation science." Now that the courts have
decreed their failure to discern the difference between creationism and
creation science, we have a new, scientific "no, really, *this* time
it's really scientific" alternative, "Intelligent Design." Then you
listen to the ID crowd, to see what theories and models they have
proposed. Dang, looks mighty familiar, doesn't it...?

But what about those ID proponents who don't try to link the Bible into
intelligent design? Well, what about them? Seriously, man, do they
have ANYTHING???

Forget it. The "non-denominational" faction is just another attempt to
reconcile two disciplines that don't need to reconcile. At best, it is
philosophy--and even philosophers don't try to shoehorn themselves into
science classrooms.

At worst, it's yet another variant of demoting the Chief Astronomer to
"god of the gaps." Injecting divine intervention into science in this
manner is blasphemy. First of all, the very desire to do so presumes
that the Almighty needs us to save Her--a sublimely offensive idea to
those who push ID in the first place! And then, just how *is* this
religious intrusion supposed to save God? I'm sure everyone here knows
the problem with god of the gaps: with every scientific advance, God
shrinks. While not all will agree that this is a bad thing, it is the
very conclusion that ID pushers wish to avoid. After all, they call
Him "Jehovah" or "Yahweh," loosely translated as "I am," "He Who
exists," "That Which is necessary."

If Mr. Cordova needs intelligent design to validate his Christian
faith, then i suggest he avoid pursuing the idea to its logical
conclusion.


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