Chuck77 writes:
Stephen Meyers is one of the most prominant ID'ers out there and he believes in an old earth. The point of ID is to simply SHOW design. It had NOTHING to do with the age of the earth. It's not an important issude when it comes to ID.
That depends a lot on which cDesign Proponentist you talk to. Yes, some ID supporters will agree completely with the scientifically-accepted age estimate of the Earth. Some will even agree completely with the Theory of Evolution, and simply tack on "...and that was guided by an intelligence with a specific goal."
But there is also a subset of ID supporters who are just standard Young-Earth Biblical Creationists under a different name. They make no secret that the "intelligence" in question is the Christian God, and they believe that "proof of design" means "proof of literal Genesis, with no evolution involved."
The two
can be separate, just as abiogenesis and evolution are separate...but not every supporter does so.
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