Pre-Darwin, James Clerk Maxwell's Design Argument Foreshadowed Modern ID Theory

It's been years since we looked into Maxwell's argument for design. In 2012, we posted one of his poems that devastated naturalism with satirical wit. Michael Flannery has written an excellent piece on Maxwell's design argument from the unity of nature, and discussed its relation to the modern ID movement. Professor Flannery focused primarily on refuting the misleading statements of historian Matthew Stanley, who had misrepresented the comparisons and contrasts between Maxwell and Behe.

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