Quote Originally Posted by mhailey View Post
My point was to dispell this issue that "intelligent design" is utterly unacademic and has no place in science.
So, you actually think the voice over 'commentary' at the end of the video is logically correct given the content it refers to?

Quote Originally Posted by mhailey View Post
In the end, whether you belive that life simply "popped" into existence as the "educated" amoung us belive, or you belive that God created life, you must do so on faith. And I would assert that to belive that life simply "popped" into existence takes greater faith than those that assert the position of inteligent design or creation.
Well, for those who lack an intellectual curiosity, or creativity, I suppose the 'intelligent design' is the perfect framework. One which provides a very simple and easy to understand answer to any question one may have, namely 'God just designed it this way'.
That doesn't make it science though, not even close. Science does have 'unknowns' and 'fundamental postulates' from which the rest derives, but it's constantly looking for any evidence to dispel with them. Any 'creator' based theory is just a renaming of the 'I don't know/care to know/understand' answer.

To take a page from the book of Jesus - 'by their fruit you will recognize them'.