intelligent design, right and wrong

Peter,You say
"[I think] the problem is that ID provokes very little
thought [...]"I would rephrase that thusly:
"The problem is that ID is the result of very little thought.""What claims does ID theory actually make?"
That the complexity of life can only be explained by assuming an intelligent designer. (And that some geezer called Paley found a watch somewhere.)"What evidence supports such claims?"
None whatsoever."How could such claims be refuted?"
They cannot.Cheers.P.S. Peter, have you read Daniel Dennett's book "Darwin's Dangerous Idea"? In it, he eloquently argues that there's design in living nature, but that this doesn't necessarily imply an intelligent agent. So we can meet the ID-ers halfway: there's design, yes. But intelligence? Nope, there's no need for it. (Now lash out with Occam's Razor...)

OK, the way I see it, there are several possibilities here:

• This is some hitherto unknown language that just happens to look like English;
• Brad McFall is actually Alan Sokal in hoax mode again;
• My computer has contracted a virus;
• Brad McFall has been eating funny mushrooms;
• I've been eating funny mushrooms;
• I'm a brain in a vat and someone is messing with the wires.

More alternatives, anyone?

I would if I understood what you're on about. Of course not. You exist. I'm sorry, I don't hear too well through my lenses. Well, if it's a matter of who talks funniest, then I guess you might be right. Didn't do your spelling much good, though. Sometimes, as in your case, perception has no relation with reality whatsoever. Am I to understand that 'READING' is something else then 'reading'? It sounds very profound and all, but I suspect it just comes down to interpreting creation literature. I've seen it before and it doesn't impress me in the least. Takes too long, 'my friend'. Of course it does, we all know that. It's just that there is no Intelligent Design.Brad,I just came up with another possibility:

• Brad McFall is rambling incoherently

I'm sorry, but how am I to know? Anyway, I'm entertaining that possibility all the time. He's not the only candidate, you know. I wouldn't know, I live beyond the next pond. I may have overstepped a line, I believe. If so, I'm sorry. Would you care to fill me in on Brad?

Point taken, Mr Hambre. Whereas he wanted me to take him as he really is, in my naivet I took him for what he really wasn't.One more thing, Mr Hambre. You might at least have warned me not to sip my tea while reading your sentences. Now I have tea all over my keyboard. Thanks.

Thanks, Quetzal. I'll keep it in mind. Uncle Brad, eh?Oh, and I'm glad I finished my tea altogether when I read your post.