Catholics and Intelligent Design, Part Five

This is the fifth in a series responding to a handful of Catholic critics of intelligent design. In the previous installment, we considered two complaints against ID. The first was a simple misunderstanding. Some critics see ID as treating only "what science can't explain" as evidence for design. This is incorrect.

The second complaint--that modern ID arguments are different from arguments made by the Church Fathers and St. Thomas--is partially true, but also trivial and of no...