Does intelligent design theory require the God of the Bible?
Most people in America that ask this question are thinking of the God of the Bible because that is the most common assumption in America . But some will find some other assumption more obvious. The Hindus will first think of the Hindu system of gods. The Native Americans will likely think of the Great Spirit. The Moslems will think of Allah. Those who are not theists at all will make other assumptions. For example they might assume that intelligent design is the work of extraterrestrial beings. This belief is so strong that many millions of dollars have been spent on research like the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (or “SETI”) program which monitors interstellar space for signal bearing signs of extraterrestrial intelligence although to date none has been found. Some others think that the Earths entire biosphere is a single living organism. These people call the belief Gaia and are likely to think it is the source of intelligence. There are some people who ascribe, tongue in
