Evolution happened, but how? How would “survival of the fittest” explain the origin of the fittest? The notion that “natural selection” might somehow organize a bunch of genetic accidents into intelligently interacting biological systems (RM&NS) doesn’t sound very convincing to me. But then lots of scientific theories don’t sound very credible to me. For instance the one about multiple universes -- the notion that an infinite number of universes exist, but our is the only one that “just happens” to be intelligently organized. However, no one attacks me if I make fun of the multiple universe theory. No one has gone to court and ruled that skepticism of multiple universes can’t be expressed in the classroom.
If biological systems are intelligently organized, rather than the result of random mutations accidentally self-assembling for no particular reason, life can be described as “intelligently designed”. Just because some religious people are also skeptical of RM&NS, and believe the intelligence responsible for the organization of living systems is their god shouldn’t negate the reality of the intelligent organization of living systems. As a religious agnostic, I regard that intelligence as a natural responsiveness of living systems. Used organs develop and unused ones atrophy. Bodies explore ways to heal wounds, fight infection, and respond to heat, changes in altitude and novel food sources. If religious people want to claim their god participates in those process, I have no objection. The only thing I object to is suppression of academic freedom. I object to the harassment, denial of tenure and loss of jobs for anyone who wants to explore the role of intelligence in the organization of living systems. I resent the fact that such discussions are not permitted in scientific journals.
See my web site, Questions about Materialism at
http://30145.myauthorsite.com/
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