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Originally Posted by rsl12
One way to disprove ID is to prove that all life as we know it was created via a process that had no involvement of a higher power in the last few billion years.
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But such a proof of course is impossible. In order to prove anything, you have to assume that logical relationships are being followed. A supernatural agency, by definition, is free to do anything it wants, to follow logical relationships or not follow logical relationships. So anything you observe is consistent with it existing, and is also consistent with it not existing. So there is no way to "prove" anything about any supernatural agency.
Another way of looking at this is that "evolution" and "ID" are logically independent of each other. Nothing about evolution contradicts ID, and nothing about ID contradicts evolution. They are separate but parallel ideas, have their own separate world of relationships, and have absolutely no effect on each other. Everybody is free to "believe" both without any inconsistency whatsoever.
Treating ID as an "alternative" to evolution is a complete misunderstanding of science, of evolution. It is not an alternative, it is an entirely independent idea that has no logical relationship to any scientific theory whatsoever, including to evolution.
That's why ID is not science, and not appropriate to teach in a science class. It is though entirely acceptable to teach it in a humanities class.