Sal, I am a novice in the area of intelligent design. I have heard a lot of bad arguments which tout the usefulness of such knowledge, but I as a believer have nevertheless sided with the science guys in regards to this topic. In the article which you cited, several questions were raised. Can you give me your answer to them?
1)
Nature Magazine/Geoff Brumfiel writes:
Cordova who holds three degrees from the university, the most recent one in mathematics argues that the development of life on Earth would be described better if an intelligent creator is added to the mix.
Tell me, a believer, why you feel this way.
2)
Most scientists overwhelmingly reject the concept of intelligent design. "To me it doesn't deserve any attention, because it doesn't make any sense," says Bruce Alberts, a microbiologist and president of the National Academy of Sciences.
How would you convince scientists who are also perhaps agnostic/atheist that intelligent design
does make sense? In other words, how can you speak the language of science? (Can you?)
3)
"Intelligent-design advocates want to split open the public's understanding of science and convince people that you can call on the supernatural for a scientific explanation," warns Barbara Forrest, a philosopher at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond and co-author of Creationism's Trojan Horse: The Wedge of Intelligent Design.
What response would you have to Ms. Forrests question and assertion?
4) Were a student raised strictly on the teaching of I.D. creationism, would this teaching equip them for jobs in the secular world related to scientific disciplines?
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