Why is theoretical physics taught in schools, but not Intelligent Design?
So many people these days are confusing biblical creationism with intelligent design. “Intelligent Design is the study of patterns in nature that are best explained as the result of intelligence” (Dr. William Dembski). That’s it; it says nothing of who the creator is and how he/she/it/they did it. Intelligent Design encompasses every “creation” story, even aliens seeding life on this planet. Although it has been around, in one form or another, since the time of ancient Greece, William Paley is probably the most famous for using the design argument. In 1802, he came out with a treatise called Natural Theology. He began by arguing that if one were to discover a watch lying in the middle of nowhere and they were to examine that watch closely, the person would logically conclude that it was not an accident, but had purpose; it had a designer. He went on to argue that the overwhelming design in the universe is evidence of a Grand Designer. Now, is this a valid argument? Well, we detect desi
