Intelligent Design

Intelligent design (ID) is a pseudoscientific argument for the existence of God, presented by its proponents as "an evidence-based scientific theory about life's origins". Proponents claim that "certain features of the universe and of living things are best explained by an intelligent cause, not an undirected process such as natural selection." ID is a form of creationism that lacks empirical support and offers no testable or tenable hypotheses, so it is not science. The leading proponents of ID are associated with the Discovery Institute, a fundamentalist Christian and politically conservativ ...more

Intelligent Design Books

Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution

Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design

Darwin's Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design

The Edge of Evolution: The Search for the Limits of Darwinism

The Return of the God Hypothesis: Three Scientific Discoveries Revealing the Mind Behind the Universe

Darwin Devolves : The New Science About DNA That Challenges Evolution

The Privileged Planet: How Our Place in the Cosmos Is Designed for Discovery

Undeniable: How Biology Confirms Our Intuition That Life Is Designed

The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God

The Design of Life: Discovering Signs of Intelligence in Biological Systems

The Design Revolution: Answering the Toughest Questions About Intelligent Design

Intelligent Design: The Bridge Between Science & Theology

The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief

Doubts about Darwin: A History of Intelligent Design

Catholicism and Evolution: A History from Darwin to Pope Francis

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Quotes Tagged “Intelligent Design”

“ This most beautiful system of the sun, planets and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being... This Being governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as Lord over all; and on account of his dominion he is wont, to be called Lord God παντοκρατωρ or Universal Ruler. ”
― Isaac Newton, The Principia : Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy

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“ There is no indisputable proof for the big bang," said Hollus. "And there is none for evolution. And yet you accept those. Why hold the question of whether there is a creator to a higher standard? ...more ”
― Robert J. Sawyer, Calculating God

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