An Introduction to Intelligent Design
Click here for a reproducible PDF of this article.PDF En Español Intelligent design — often called “ID” — is a scientific theory that holds that the emergence of some features of the universe and living things is best explained by an intelligent cause rather than an undirected process such as natural selection. ID theorists argue that design can be inferred Read More ›
Essential Readings
10 Essential Books (Science) Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent DesignStephen C. Meyer Darwin’s Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent DesignStephen C. Meyer Darwin’s Black BoxMichael Behe The Edge of EvolutionMichael Behe The Design InferenceWilliam Dembski The Design Revolution: Answering the Toughest Questions About Intelligent DesignWilliam Dembski Icons of EvolutionJonathan Read More ›
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design
Top Questions and Answers About Intelligent Design Theory
Design Theory and its Critics
Encyclopedia Entry on Intelligent Design
Intelligent design begins with a seemingly innocuous question: Can objects, even if nothing is known about how they arose, exhibit features that reliably signal the action of an intelligent cause? To see what’s at stake, consider Mount Rushmore. The evidence for Mount Rushmore’s design is direct — eyewitnesses saw the sculptor Gutzon Borglum spend the better part of his life designing and building this structure. But what if there were no direct evidence for Mount Rushmore’s design? What if humans went extinct and aliens, visiting the earth, discovered Mount Rushmore in substantially the same condition as it is now? Read More ›