So I'm going to put some pre-promotion comments/questions in first. Otherwise I anticipate great masses of snark happening.
What do intelligent design advocates make of dinosaurs?
Unfortunately, every stripe of creationist from young Earth creationist (YEC) to old Earth theistic evolutionist likes to grab onto "intelligent design" as part of their position. As I understand it (and I may be wrong), the hard core "intelligent design" proponents of the
Discovery Institute (CSC division) are theistic evolutionists. But they are reluctant to make their position clear least they alienate such as the YEC crowd.
Is it their view that each group of dinosaurs (define 'group' whichever way you wish) was created individually, with no ancestors?
The YEC end of ID would seem to.
Or that an intelligent agent played some part in their development?
That would be the essential item for any variety of IDer.
If so, then what do id advocates believe dinosaurs were 'for'?
Why would dinosaurs need to have a specific purpose? Maybe they were just some experiment of the designer.
Surely an intelligent agent smart enough to create individual dinosaurs would be able to foresee their eventual demise?
Maybe they were a failed experiment in the pursuit of some goal.
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