How does intelligent design differ from theories of creationism and evolution?
Intelligent Design is a sub-argument of Creationism. In essence it doesn’t differ from it, it is part of it. It is a ‘teleological’ argument, in other words, it is an attempt to prove the existence of God by citing the irreducible complexity of the universe. This claim has a very long history and can be traced back to at least Roman times. ID has been disproved by philosophical argument for centuries, but it still has value to creationists in prosletysing to non-scientific people. Extremely complex things can arise without a designer. (apart from anything else, if you have to have a designer to make complex things; who made God?) ID differs from the theory of evolution because it has failed to submit any work for peer review in any scientific journals and so may not be considered a scientific theory. An interesting point about the ID movement is that its supporters insist it should be taught as part of the scientific curriculum, but they never actually allow science to review their wor
