- Premise #1: Life exists on earth.
- Premise #2: Life is too complicated to be explained by Evolution
- Conclusion: Life must be created by some "Higher Being"
This is a logically invalid argument. The premise provides no support for the conclusion whatsoever. Basically, they are pulling the conclusion out of thin air.
I consider myself a scientist (hey, computer science is a science, isn't it?) and I try to keep an open mind about everything. People have every right to question Evolution, but claiming Intelligent Design as science is against everything that science stands for. Evolution is supported by DNA, carbon dating, fossil samples, continental drift etc etc, and on the other hand, Intelligent Design is supported by... well, actually, it is not supported by anything! Sorry, but just because your religious text books says so doesn't hold any weight when it comes to science. Intelligent Design and Creationism is a religious philosophy, NOT a science and should be kept away from our science classes. If they do ever come up with some evidence that negates what Evolution is claiming, I will be more than happy to listen to it with an open mind, but till then, all I ask for them is to take their BS and shove it up their religious ass.
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I personally think nothing that is any knowledge from 'higher source' will ever have any foundation that can't be explained by science and reality.
If something that exists completely out of the rules of science/reality then the whole premise of faith without proof would go to shit wouldn't it?
To me if religion is stating something. We either haven't learnt enought to scienfifically explain it, or we have misinterpretted it, or the particular 'something' in the particular religion is cooked up bs... or the whole thing is cooked up bs.
According to Bible, earth was created nearly 10,000 (or maybe it was 15,000) years ago, but scientists estimate that it was created nearly 4 Billion years ago. So the creationists are trying to discredit the Archeological and Geologic evidence that counters thier claims.
Creationists and supporters of Intelligent Design are trying to modify science to match what their religion is saying instead of reinterpreting their philosophies and that is something that I have a real problem with.
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