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Thread #151764   Message #3546766
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
07-Aug-13 - 09:25 PM
Thread Name: BS: Defective Thinkerator Syndrome (DTS)...
Subject: RE: BS: Defective Thinkerator Syndrome (DTS)...
You have to admire the cheek of the use, in that link SJL gave, of a quote by Richard Dawkins that in context clearly would have been read a implying that he was flirting with intelligent design According to Darwinian biologists such as Oxford's Richard Dawkins, livings systems "give the appearance of having been designed for a purpose."

But it seems valid to draw a distinction between a Creationism that is founded on treating the Bible, interpreted literally as decisive evidence, and "intelligent design" presenting complexities and apparent anomalies thrown up by science as grounds for belief in God as the "intelligent designer", or in an older term used by Masons and other theists, the"Supreme Architect".

This distinction is reflected in the fact that a different approach is required of those contesting advocates of Creationism and "Intelligent Design".