Nope, intelligent design is very different. If you're going to discuss the issue, at least make sure you've got the terms correct. Otherwise you're just embarrassing yourself.
>From wikipedia: Intelligent design is the assertion that "certain features of the universe and of living things are best explained by an intelligent cause, not an undirected process such as natural selection."[1][2] It is a modern form of the traditional teleological argument for the existence of God, but one which avoids specifying the nature or identity of the designer.[3] The idea was developed by a group of American creationists who reformulated their argument in the creationevolution controversy to circumvent court rulings that prohibit the teaching of creationism as science.[4][5][6] Intelligent design's leading proponents all of whom are associated with the Discovery Institute, a politically conservative think tank[7][8] believe the designer to be the God of Christianity.[9][10] Theistic Evolution: Theistic evolution and evolutionary creationism are similar concepts that assert that classical religious teachings about God are compatible with the modern scientific understanding about biological evolution. In short, theistic evolutionists believe that there is a God, that God is the creator of the material universe and (by consequence) all life within, and that biological evolution is simply a natural process within that creation. Evolution, according to this view, is simply a tool that God employed to develop human life. Theistic evolution is not a theory in the scientific sense, but a particular view about how the science of evolution relates to religious belief and interpretation. Theistic evolution supporters can be seen as one of the groups who reject the conflict thesis regarding the relationship between religion and science that is, they hold that religious teachings about creation and scientific theories of evolution need not contradict. In describing early proponents of this viewpoint, it is sometimes described as Christian Darwinism.[1][2] On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > I believe the majority of believers go for Theistic evolution > > Young Earth creationism: > Earth is 6,000 years old > > Old Earth creationism > Earth is billions of years old but doesn't believe evolution > > Theistic evolution > believe all the science but think god designed evolution > > Intelligent design > same as Theistic evolution > > > On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 11:51 AM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Didn't we all agree last year or the year before that evolution >>> doesn't cover the beginning? >>> The majority of creationists believe in both, god created than >>> evolution took over. >>> >> >> I'm not so sure about that. A Creationist is generally someone who accepts >> the biblical version of the creation of the heavens and the earth. These >> people rarely accept evolution. >> >> There are a LOT of people, however, who believe in God, believe that God >> created life, but don't necessarily think it unfolded like in the Bible. >> These people are more likely to accept evolution (I'm in this group, by the >> way), but these people would probably not be considered "Creationists". They >> believe in a God the "Creator", but not in the "Creationist story". >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:315589 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
