dysteleology

^{Stephen Dilley and Casey Luskin
March 20, 2024}

The Panda’s Thumb: An Extraordinary Instance of Design?

_{Stephen Dilley and Casey Luskin
March 20, 2024}

3d rendered medically accurate illustration of a sprinter

^{Howard Glicksman, Steve Laufmann and Wesley J. Smith
July 5, 2023}

Engineering, not Evolution, Explains the Body

_{Howard Glicksman, Steve Laufmann and Wesley J. Smith
July 5, 2023}

^{Cornelius G. Hunter
February 8, 2022}

Darwin’s Rhetorical Foundation of Sand: Theological Utilitarianism

_{Cornelius G. Hunter
February 8, 2022}

On this ID the Future, biophysicist Cornelius Hunter explores Charles Darwin’s theological arguments for his theory of evolution. By theological, Hunter doesn’t mean that Darwin was arguing for theistic evolution. He means that Darwin received what is known as theological utilitarianism from the intellectual culture of his youth, which had strong deistic tendencies. Read More ›

^{William A. Dembski
February 2, 2000
Intelligent Design}

Intelligent Design is not Optimal Design

_{William A. Dembski
February 2, 2000
Intelligent Design}

I was recently on an NPR program with skeptic Michael Shermer and paleontologist Donald Prothero to discuss intelligent design. As the discussion unfolded, it became clear that they were using the phrase “intelligent design” in a way quite different from how the emerging intelligent design community is using it. The confusion centered on what the adjective “intelligent” is doing in Read More ›