Thursday, January 20, 2005

Intelligent Design

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So far, the American Court System has rebuffed the proponents of this alternative theory. We have no doubt that European courts would take the same tack were the theory to surface there. But we have heard no arguments for or against, only reports of judicial decisions against the concept. Not even a definition of Intelligent Design has appeared in the media. So I will begin by offering a definition of 'Intelligent Design:' OUR WORLD AND EVERYTHING IN IT WAS DESIGNED BY AN INTELLIGENT BEING.

You laugh: 'There is many a slip between the cup and the lip; design is one thing; Creation is yet another. Suppose the designer intends one thing and the creator produces something else?'

Good point. I will therefore modify the definition: OUR WORLD AND EVERYTHING IN IT WAS DESIGNED AND CREATED BY AN INTELLIGENT BEING. Will this work? We shall see...