Intelligent Design

From The New Answers DVD 2

Background On Intelligent Design Movement

The “Intelligent Design” movement is led by scholars who argue that the design of living systems—and even the nonliving elements of the universe—suggest a Designer. While these “intelligent design” proponents have been effective in challenging evolutionary theory, we’re not sure how effective the movement will be in the long run in changing many people’s hearts.

Intelligent Design Lacks Something

The Intelligent Design fails to reference the God of the Bible and the Curse’s impact on a once-perfect world. The design of living things is compelling evidence of a Designer, but only the full biblical worldview explains the imperfections in this otherwise well-crafted universe.

Intelligent Design Movement Commentary

The Intelligent Design Movement (IDM) is an informal collaboration dedicated to exposing the problems with naturalistic evolution. As a movement, IDM challenges Darwinian evolution in schools, textbooks, and politics. There are some positive things about IDM but also some things that a Christian should consider carefully.

Is Irreducible Complexity Still A Valid Argument?

Is one of the main examples of intelligent design bogus—or is this another “just so” story from evolutionists? Molecular machines are considered to be irreducibly complex. An irreducibly complex machine is made of a number of essential parts, and all these parts must be present for it to function properly. If even one of these parts is missing the machine is non-functional.

News About Intelligent Design

• News

  West Virginia May Allow the Teaching of Intelligent Design in Classrooms

  

  Jan. 25, 2024 from Ken Ham Blog

  Should public schools be allowed to teach the idea of Intelligent Design in the classroom?

• News

  Creation Allies: Will Just Any Creator God Do?

  

  March 3, 2022 from Ken Ham Blog

  While certain intelligent design arguments about design are helpful tools in pointing people to the Creator, ID arguments aren’t enough. Why is that?

Articles About Intelligent Design

• Semi-Technical In-Depth Article

  Alexander Fleming & God’s Signature in Microbiology

  

  Aug. 6, 2021 from Answers in Depth

  The molecular complexities of staphylococci mechanisms indicate the signature of a divine Designer who has placed his signature on his art piece, staphylococci.

• Book Chapter

  Design Arguments for God & “Irreducible Complexity”

  

  Dec. 5, 2020 from The New Answers Book 4

  The intricate design of creation shows the skill and care of the divine Designer.

• Magazine Article

  Intelligent Design or Designer?

  

  March 1, 2020 from Answers Magazine

  What does the Intelligent Design movement get right, and what does it leave out?

• Semi-Technical In-Depth Article

  Wise Blood: Antibodies, the Principle of Overcoming in Disease (Part 2)

  

  Feb. 5, 2020 from Answers in Depth

  The immune system serves more than just to “defend” against disease – it was designed to interact with microbes and to cleanse the body.

• Semi-Technical In-Depth Article

  Wise Blood: The Principle of Overcoming in Disease and Immunity (Part 1)

  

  Jan. 28, 2020 from Answers in Depth

  How our immune system protects us from deadly pathogens and parasites through antibodies to demonstrate how we’re fearfully and wonderfully made.

• Semi-Technical Book Chapter

  Bacterial Flagella—Icon of the Intelligent Design Movement

  June 19, 2015 from The Genesis of Germs

  There are many extraordinary examples of design in the microbial world. In this chapter, two examples are given.

• In-Depth Article

  Our Creator’s Sweet Design for Hummingbird Taste

  

  Sept. 6, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  Most birds are blind to sweets. But hummingbirds are experts at telling what is sweet and even fending off fakes.

• In-Depth Article

  Did Little Wasps Evolve Big Eyes to Recognize Their Friends?

  

  May 26, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  Evolution: Not just for survival anymore!

• Book Chapter

  Commentary on the Intelligent Design Movement

  March 29, 2012 from Old-Earth Creationism on Trial

  There are some positive things about the Intelligent Design Movement but also some things that a Christian should consider carefully.

• Magazine Department Article

  ID’ed for a Imperfect Argument

  Oct. 1, 2010 from Answers Magazine

  The Intelligent Design movement fails to reference the God of the Bible and the Curse’s impact on a once-perfect world.

• Book Chapter

  Is the Intelligent Design Movement Christian?

  May 6, 2010 from The New Answers Book 2

  Intelligent design can be defined as a theory that holds that “certain features” of living things were designed by an “intelligent cause” as opposed to being formed through purely natural means.

• Us vs. Them?

  Nov. 28, 2009 from News to Know

  It’s the sort of headline that both excites us and worries us: will National Geographic News’s portrayal of “evolution vs. intelligent design” be fair and balanced?

• Semi-Technical In-Depth Article

  The End of Irreducible Complexity?

  Oct. 6, 2009 from Answers in Depth

  Is one of the main examples of intelligent design bogus—or is this another “just so” story from evolutionists?

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• Is Intelligent Design Dead?

  Sept. 5, 2009 from News to Know

  We can all agree that evidence of intelligent design has been “shot down.” But is it good science or biased presuppositions that is doing the “shooting”?

• Creation and Intelligent Design: God vs. god

  June 24, 2008

  Over the past several years, the term intelligent design has undoubtedly become a buzzword in our culture.

• Testing the Hypothesis of Intelligent Design

  May 17, 2008

  Is earth in a special place in the universe—and if so, what would that say about design? Two scientists writing in Physical Review Letters consider just how we could test that hypothesis.

• Leading Newspapers Slight Creationists and Intelligent Design Advocates

  May 6, 2008

  The Creation Museum of Answers in Genesis continues to draw international media coverage 11 months on—some, however, continues to rehash false arguments.

• Templeton Award-winner Denies Intelligent Design

  March 14, 2008

  A Roman Catholic priest has been named the winner of this year’s Templeton Prize, a $1.6 million award that recognizes “progress toward research or discoveries about spiritual realities.”

• A Meeting of Minds

  March 13, 2008

  Two of the better-known challengers of the evolutionary belief system met in Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday to discuss ways that the upcoming movie Expelled can have a major impact.

• The Flying Spaghetti Monster

  Jan. 22, 2008

  The Flying Spaghetti Monster, a satire on intelligent design and creation, reveals more than irreverence.

• Florida School to Discuss Intelligent Design?

  Nov. 24, 2007

  The Lakeland Ledger reports this week that a majority of Polk County school board members support supplementing public school evolution education with discussions of intelligent design. Polk County is home to more than half a million people, and thus an evolution education battle in the county could draw major media coverage.

• Biased Judgment: Comments on NOVA TV’s Judgment Day and its analysis of the Dover ID Trial

  Nov. 16, 2007

  Dr. David DeWitt of Liberty University discusses the take-home messages of the PBS–NOVA documentary earlier this week.

• Baylor Professor Under Pressure for Supporting Intelligent Design

  Sept. 15, 2007

  A professor’s personal website was ordered shut down due to “anonymous concerns” that the site supported ideas associated with the intelligent design movement.

• Intelligent Design Advocate Denied Tenure

  May 19, 2007

  Guillermo Gonzalez, a senior fellow of the intelligent design-promoting Discovery Institute, was one of three professors denied tenure by the university over the past academic year.

• Magazine Article

  The Intelligent Design Movement

  

  Nov. 21, 2006 from Answers Magazine

  The Intelligent Design (ID) movement has gained increasing recognition and publicity over the last several years at both local and national levels.

• Federal Judge Rules on Landmark Intelligent Design Case

  Dec. 20, 2005

  The highly anticipated ruling on the Intelligent Design US court battle Dover Area school District was handed down today by Judge John E. Jones.

• Dover, Pennsylvania (USA) Intelligent Design Trial Ends Today

  Nov. 4, 2005

  The federal trial, Kitzmiller et al. vs. Dover Area School District pits evolution against “intelligent design.” This trial is scheduled to end today.

• Amen to “BreakPoint”

  Oct. 27, 2005

  Chuck Colson offered some excellent analysis on his nationwide radio program about the federal court case in Pennsylvania, USA regarding evolution and intelligent design in public schools.

• ID and President Bush—the Deeper Issues

  Oct. 18, 2005

  I have written a critique of statements made by Dr. William Dembski, who commented on President George Bush’s recent statement about ID and public schools.

• Defending “Design” in Dover (Pennsylvania, USA)

  Sept. 26, 2005

  The debate over how origins should be taught in America's public school science classes takes center stage in US federal court, where intelligent design will be discussed.

• USA President Bush on Origins

  Aug. 4, 2005

  President Bush's recent remarks (August 1) that endorsed public school children learning about intelligent design alongside evolution are drawing praise from some and criticism from others.

• The Smithsonian Institution Makes “Intelligent” Decision

  May 30, 2005

  The National Museum of Natural History co-sponsored the national premiere for “The Privileged Planet: The Search for Purpose in the Universe.”

• Will Intelligence Prevail in Dover, PA?

  Dec. 23, 2004

  The American Civil Liberties Union and Americans United for Separation of Church and State filed a lawsuit against the Dover County School Board.

• Semi-Technical Research Paper

  The Rhetoric of Design

  Dec. 1, 2004, pp. 46–47

  The Intelligent Design (ID) movement is a new factor in the origins debate. Woodward, an expert in rhetorical analysis, offers readers an insightful work tracing the history of ID and it's rhetoric.

• Science Curriculum Decision in Pennsylvania May Be a First

  Oct. 21, 2004

  The Dover Area School Board (southern Pennsylvania, USA) voted on Monday evening to require the teaching of intelligent design* in its public school science classes.

• Christianity Today Writer Says It’s Time to Attack Creationist Views!

  Sept. 1, 2004

  The September issue of Christianity Today calls on leaders in the Intelligent Design movement to cool down their attack on evolution … and to open a second front against young Earth views.

• Secular Creation?

  June 1, 2004 from Answers Update

  How could there be such a thing as ‘secular creation’?

• Magazine Article

  100 Years of Airplanes—But These Weren’t the First Flying Machines!

  Dec. 1, 2003, pp. 44–48

  In 1853, Sir George Cayley designed the world’s first person-carrying triplane glider. With his somewhat frightened coachman aboard, it successfully flew across his estate.

• “Intelligent Design” Whimpers out in Ohio

  Dec. 11, 2002

  After a year of hype, evolution still dominates the new science standards in Ohio, USA, and—at the last minute—‘intelligent design’ was excluded by name from the standards.

• AiG’s Commentary on the ID (Intelligent Design) Movement

  Aug. 28, 2002

  The Intelligent Design (ID) movement has gained prominence in the Christian and secular world in recent times.

• Teach “Intelligent Design”

  June 14, 2002

  US pollsters like to visit Ohio, located in the ‘heartland’ of America, where they can find out what the ‘average American’ is thinking.

• Ohio—First US State to Teach “Intelligent Design”?

  March 8, 2002

  Ohio may become the first US state to include ‘intelligent design’ in its science standards.

• Baptist School Afraid of Creation

  Oct. 28, 2000

  The “Polanyi Center” is a special department which was set up to research the concept of “intelligent design” with a view to its promotion in the sciences.

• Anti-Creationists Threaten Another Teacher’s Liberty

  July 27, 2000

  Mr. DeHart informed AiG that two years ago he was “forced” by his new school superintendent to stop teaching his students about intelligent design (ID)

• Professor at Baptist University Calls Intelligent Design “Dumb”

  July 14, 2000

  A report from the Houston Texas Chronicle of July 2 has inflamed the controversy between Baylor Universiy and a new center to promote the idea of "intelligent design".

• Baylor Bailout?

  June 23, 2000

  Over the past 20 years, the Southern Baptist Convention has been making great strides in becoming more conservative theologically and standing for the inerrancy of Scripture.

• “Obviously, Somebody Got to Them . . .”

  April 14, 2000

  A committee of science teachers in Kanawha County, West Virginia has now withdrawn its support for the evolution-doubting textbook Of Pandas and People.