Intelligent+Design

= Intelligent Design (ID) = By: EKM.flyingzebra and RJB.RJB

1. Description of theory
 * Intelligent Design can be described as: "The theory that the universe and living things were designed and created by the purposeful action of an intelligent agent." 1

2. Bible verses that support this theory
 * For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. Romans 1:20
 * I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. Psalm 139:14
 * So, God created man in his own image, in the image of God he creared him; male and female he created them. Genesis 1:27

3. Arguments for this theory
 * "The modern concept of intelligent design has been simply formulated as the belief that certain biological lines of evidence (e.g., the 'irreducible complexity' of features such as the production of tears and bacterial flagella) are evidence for a designer and against blind naturalistic processes."4
 * Darwinism can't explain how many organisms go from one to another (missing link).
 * Evolution can not be witnessed in the physical world (cat becoming a dog. Only suple changes such as color can be observed.)
 * The complex differences in species can only be explained by an Intelligent Designer.
 * The watchmaker analogy: If you find a watch in the woods, you do not assume that the environment around it created it. instead we believe it took an intelligent designer to create it.

4. Arguments against this theory
 * "ID has been called an 'argument from ignorance,' as it relies upon a lack of knowledge for its conclusion: Lacking a natural explanation, we assume intelligent cause." 2
 * ID is not science based.
 * " ID is really an attempt at overthrowing the well established principles of science. It is a theory which denies the history itself of modern rational thought and of our scientific tradition." 3
 * "ID proponents use a lot of other buzz-words like Intelligence, Design, Complexity, etc, but never clearly and convincingly explain what they mean." 3

Resources:
 * 1. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/intelligent+design
 * 2. http://ncse.com/creationism/general/intelligent-design-not-accepted-by-most-scientists
 * 3. []
 * 4. Creation.com
 * 5. AnswersinGenesis.org