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^{Casey Luskin
March 1, 2016
Intelligent Design}

A Slightly Technical Introduction to Intelligent Design

_{Casey Luskin
March 1, 2016
Intelligent Design}

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 by studying the informational properties of natural objects to determine if they bear the type of information that in our experience arises from an intelligent cause. Proponents of neo-Darwinian evolution contend that the information in life arose via purposeless, blind, and unguided processes. ID proponents argue that this information arose via purposeful, intelligently guided processes. Both claims are scientifically testable using the standard methods of science. But ID theorists say that when we use the scientific method to explore nature, the evidence points away from unguided material causes, and reveals intelligent design. Read More ›

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^{The Center for Science and Culture
September 5, 2014
Intelligent Design}

Essential Readings

_{The Center for Science and Culture
September 5, 2014
Intelligent Design}

10 Essential Books (Science) 5 Essential Books (Science and Culture) 10 Essential Articles “A Scientific History and Philosophical Defense of Intelligent Design”Stephen C. Meyer “Are We Alone?”Jay W. Richards & Guillermo GonzalezThe American Spectator “Science & Design”William DembskiFirst Things “DNA and Other Designs”Stephen C. MeyerFirst Things “Molecular Machines: Experimental Support for the Design Inference”Michael J. BeheCosmic Pursuit “Intelligent Design is Read More ›

^{Melissa Cain Travis
April 15, 2014
Intelligent Design}

How Do We Know God Created Life?

_{Melissa Cain Travis
April 15, 2014
Intelligent Design}

Thomas has been looking forward to this field trip for weeks! His mom is guiding a group tour of the new insect exhibit at the Museum of Natural Science. Thomas and his friend Sophie are awestruck by the displays, but they have questions when one exhibit claims that butterflies evolved the special ability to transform from caterpillars without a pre-determined Read More ›

^{William A. Dembski and Jonathan Witt
May 19, 2010
Intelligent Design}

Intelligent Design Uncensored

_{William A. Dembski and Jonathan Witt
May 19, 2010
Intelligent Design}

Bill Dembski and Jonathan Witt plainly lay out just what intelligent design is and is not. Read More ›

^{William A. Dembski
February 5, 2008
Intelligent Design}

Intelligent Design: A Brief Introduction

_{William A. Dembski
February 5, 2008
Intelligent Design}

Intelligent design (ID) studies patterns in nature that are best explained as the result of intelligence. Is that radio signal from outer space just random noise or the result of an alien intelligence? Is that chunk of rock just a random chunk of rock or an arrowhead? Is Mount Rushmore the result of wind and erosion or the creative act of an artist? We ask such questions all the time, and we think we can give good answers to them. Read More ›

^{The Center for Science and Culture
August 21, 2006
Intelligent Design}

The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design

_{The Center for Science and Culture
August 21, 2006
Intelligent Design}

If you want a book full of fascinating anecdotes and straight-talk about the debate over Darwinism and intelligent design, written by a credentialed biologist with enjoyable writing skills, this truly is the book for you. Read More ›

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^{Discovery Institute
September 8, 2005
Intelligent Design}

Book Review: Design Theory and its Critics

_{Del Ratzsch
November 15, 2004
Intelligent Design}

The present book - Intelligent Design Creationism and its Critics - is intended as a sourcebook of materials from both sides of the present debate. The editor, Robert T. Pennock, who is a vocal critic of ID, takes it that ID claims fail more or less on all fronts, and while giving both sides a platform, intends for the present volume to make ID's untenability (as he sees it) amply clear. Read More ›

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^{William A. Dembski
August 1, 2003
Intelligent Design}

Encyclopedia Entry on Intelligent Design

_{William A. Dembski
August 1, 2003
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 Read More ›