General-le speaking, what do you believe?
A. Two similar clusters of matter came into physical contact with each other at a single point in space and time. One cluster dominated, remaining intact; while the other began to break down into its component elements.B. A 26-year old man lost his life today in a violent and racially motivated attack, according to Thompson County police. Reginald K. Carter was at his desk when, according to eyewitness reports, Zachariah Jones, a new employee at the Clark Center, entered the building apparently carrying an illegally-obtained handgun. According to several eyewitnesses, Jones immediately walked into Carter's cubicle and shouted that "his kind should be eliminated from the earth," before shooting him several times at point-blank range.
That "A" and "B" are the same thing. And that the true nature of an event or a thing is not affected by the language we assign to it. If you want a rejoinder to the above article, by the way, that was it, in one sentence.
Is there an intelligent design to it all or mindlessness?
I don't know. If there is a design, though, I believe that it is likely much more subtle than anyone has yet suggested, and that God is not nearly so hamfisted as most design theorists make him out to be.