August 30, 2005
Intelligent Design
Hate to disappoint everyone, but I agree with pretty much everything said in the Derbyshire article that Dale linked.
His basic point, which is an excellent one, is that Darwinian evolution is foundational to all modern biology. Simply put, you cannot get anywhere in modern genetics, biology, anatomy, medicine, and the like unless you assume some sort of macroevolution, and Darwinism, for better or worse, is the entry-level theory for understanding these things. Darwinism has its problems, but just like the article said they are problems that can’t really be understood until you understand Darwinism itself. If anything, ID is a better option for college-level discussion, with students who understand the standard evolutionary model well enough to be able to see why it’s “irreducibly complex.”
I also don’t understand why Christianity requires that I support teaching ID in schools. I believe in one God, the Father, the Maker of Heaven and Earth and of all things, seen and unseen. I don’t believe that he did it in six days. I don’t believe that he couldn’t use textbook evolution to do it, and as Michael has ably argued elsewhere, you can’t make this an article of faith.












