ust camouflaged creationism?
For any question about design in any area (radioastronomy, homicide, origins,…) we can view the scientific inquiry as a two-stage process: first we ask “Was there design-directed action?”, and then we investigate the details. A basic design theory claims only that design-directed action did occur (the first stage) but does not try to explain the details (who, why, how,…) of design-and-production. We should evaluate a design theory based on what it does claim (that design occurred) instead of what it does not claim (that it can explain the details). In origins, a design theory is not a creation theory. A basic design theory can be supplemented with details (about the designer’s identity and actions, about who, why, how,…) to form a variety of theories about supernatural creation (by God or…) or natural non-creation (as in a theory proposing that evolution on earth was intelligently designed and directed by space aliens who evolved before us). A basic design theory — which does n
