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To: Wolfstar
I agree, but am interested in philosophical underpinnings of those who believe in intelligent design.

Well, "Intelligent Design" is nonsense, but your illustration above is just another variation on the 'Problem of Evil' (i.e., how can God be all-powerful, all-knowing, all-good and yet permit evil to exist). The short answer is that if an all-powerful, all-knowing God exists then he isn't all-good by our standards.

19 posted on 11/11/2005 4:59:35 PM PST by AntiGuv (™)
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To: AntiGuv
Well, "Intelligent Design" is nonsense, but your illustration above is just another variation on the 'Problem of Evil' (i.e., how can God be all-powerful, all-knowing, all-good and yet permit evil to exist).

I don't see it in terms of good and evil. If the word "intelligent" is paired with the word "design," then that conjures in my mind ideas of efficiency. It's that which I am trying to get to, not religious connotations.

If intelligent design is to be taught in schools as a an alternative scientific theory, I want to understand its underpinnings

53 posted on 11/11/2005 5:19:58 PM PST by Wolfstar (Whatever happened to "These Colors Don't Run?")
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