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Originally Posted by jorgelito
Will, I think I may have confused ID with Creationism. I will look into it more, but I was talking more on an applicable level as opposed to a literal one.
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The way I see it, Creationism is straight religion. It has nothing to do with the big bang or evolution. It's simply the words in the Bible (or Torah, or Qu'ran, etc.) and faith.
Intelligent Design, on the other hand, is the bastard love child between two entirely different species: science and religion. In order to combine the two completely different constructs, they had to make concessions on both sides. A common concession would be that the Earth is only 6000 years old according to the genealogy provided in the Bible, despite the mountain of backable and verifiable evidence to the contrary. ID is bad in that it ignores both of it's sources. ID doesn't work when applied to science because we have proof that it's claims are wrong. It doesn't work with religion because religion is about faith in god, not proving god's existence.
At least that's the way I see it. I may be an atheist, but someone who believes in creationism is simply devoted, and it's making concessions on their beliefs. I respect that deeply, whether I agree with them or not. ID people aren't being true to their beliefs or science. They're a mess.
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Originally Posted by jorgelito
By the way, there are plenty of Christians etc that do believe in evolution or similar theories and even some who believe in both.
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Most Catholics believe in evolution. Many protestants believe in evolution. ID is simply a loud, stupid minority.