Is Intelligent Design a "science"?…

"Intelligent Design is not an evangelic Christian thing, or a generally Christian thing or even a generically theistic thing… Intelligent Design is an emerging scientific research program. Design theorists attempt to demonstrate its merits fair and square in the scientific world, without appealing to religion authority."

- William A. Dembski
The Design Revolution (2004)

 … or is it really just Creation?

"Any view of the sciences that leaves Christ out of the picture must be seen as fundamentally deficient… The conceptual soundness of a scientific theory cannot be maintained apart from Christ."

 - William A. Dembski
Intteligent Design: The Bridge Between Science & Theology (1999)

     William Dembski, the poster boy of Intelligent Design, was brought up Catholic, and went to all-male Catholic school growing up. As far as I'm concerned, he grew up already brainwashed, where his disbelief in evolution was inevitable really.. To make matters worse, he "sold his soul" to become a born-again uber-Christian during a hard time in his life. I always thought this as strange. Why does Christianity always seeze you during your most vulnerable times? He later went onto college to study Pyschology, which is a dangerous weapon in his hands, considering he is a rather manipulative poster boy, with a goal in convincing the law that Intelligent Design is a more appropriate "science" to be teaching in our classrooms than Evolution is!

      Judging by these two quotes from two books written by Mr. Dembski, one has to wonder; Is Intelligent Design just another science, or is it really a coverup to sneak Creation into our schools? Well, it depends who My Dembski is talking to, or trying to convince. If he's reaching out to a scientific/secular audience, then he will say Intelligent Design is a "science", and will "run away" cowardly when any scientist challenges Intelligent Design, because it is the only "science" lacking any evidence what-so-ever. However, if it's a Christian audience he's talking to, well then Intelligent Design is the scientific story of Creation, and that Christ is responsible for everything in science. Even then, I personally still do not get how Christ influences any science, would it not be God? Catholics think all three are of the same essence, so perhaps he's getting the names mixed up? 

     Traditionally, Intelligent Design is supposed to be an alternative to the Big Bang Theory, but may or may not also include evolution. Most IDers believe God created everything in its present form however. The key in that sentence, was "..believe God created..", God with a capital "G". The problem with Intelligent Design is that IDers will tell the public, government, secular, and scientists that Intelligent Design is based around "a creator", it could be any god. But when it private, they will openly admit that they are teaching the story of how the Christian God created everything. Intelligent Design is just a cover up of the Christian story of Creation. Thankfully, so far, the judges have been able to see through their lies, and that Intelligent Design is not a science at all.

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