Comment ID and Creationism are NOT Synonymous (Score 1) 275
I'm sick and tired of hearing so called intellectual types summarily dismissing Intelligent Design and Creationism without having any idea of what they are talking about. Belief (not scientific fact) in Intelligent Design is simply the belief that, that which exists is too complex to have occurred by chance alone and that an intelligent creator (God or god depending on ones belief system) created all that exists and existence itself, through an unspecified means. Strict Creationists believe that all was created by God just a few thousand years ago and no biological change can occur through natural selection to change ones species.
Intelligent Design does not dictate a specific creator, year of creation, nor does it dismiss evolution. Those who believe in intelligent design do not dismiss current scientific evidence they just believe that current scientific models do not completely explain biology, astronomy, geology, etc... (basically all theories that explain how things came to be). Current scientific models are embraced as possibilities of the method in which all came to be but not "how" it came to be.
Modern Creationists believe that much of scientific theory to explain existence is directly opposed to their ideas. Creationists do not trust scientific models and theories because they are in direct opposition to their belief that some (God or god) created all that exists as dictated in their religious creation story.
Now, that said, I will give you some slack because in recent months Creationists have been raising the banner of Intelligent Design as a means of moving sentiment farther towards their views of creationism through a more palatable means. Pushing Intelligent Design gives them the ability to introduce God (not god as these creationists are pushing the Christian God) at public schools and forums.
Intelligent Design does not dictate a specific creator, year of creation, nor does it dismiss evolution. Those who believe in intelligent design do not dismiss current scientific evidence they just believe that current scientific models do not completely explain biology, astronomy, geology, etc... (basically all theories that explain how things came to be). Current scientific models are embraced as possibilities of the method in which all came to be but not "how" it came to be.
Modern Creationists believe that much of scientific theory to explain existence is directly opposed to their ideas. Creationists do not trust scientific models and theories because they are in direct opposition to their belief that some (God or god) created all that exists as dictated in their religious creation story.
Now, that said, I will give you some slack because in recent months Creationists have been raising the banner of Intelligent Design as a means of moving sentiment farther towards their views of creationism through a more palatable means. Pushing Intelligent Design gives them the ability to introduce God (not god as these creationists are pushing the Christian God) at public schools and forums.
