DNA Proves Existence of a Designer

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Minor problem: a LOT of theists I've spoken to and seem to think that the word "theory" used in science, is a synonym for" "hypothesis"

Evolution is a scientific theory .

A scientific theory is an explanation of an aspect of the natural world that can be repeatedly tested and verified in accordance with the scientific method, using accepted protocols of observation, measurement, and evaluation of results. Where possible, theories are tested under controlled conditions in an experiment.[1][2] In circumstances not amenable to experimental testing, theories are evaluated through principles of abductive reasoning. Established scientific theories have withstood rigorous scrutiny and embody scientific knowledge.[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_theory



Intelligent design is an hypothesis ,or proposition. It's based on the old chestnut of the "The Watchmaker's Analogy", rather than on scientific method.

Below are two points of view, that of a Christian apologist, and one from a philosopher


---the watchmaker argument, as formulated by the British Christian apologist William Paley in his book Natural Theology, goes like this

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Problem with cretinism is that it's not even a hypothesis.  Hypotheses in science generally are made to explain known phenomena and agree with known facts.  Cretinism on the other hand hasn't agreed with the known facts for at least 1,000 years and is used specifically to project an idea which contracts the facts and ignores the phenomena it tries to explain.

At the very best cretinism can be described as a conjecture, and I'm being very generous with that description.  Bovine excrement would be more accurate.

I spent the best part of my formative years dealing with bovine excrement and found it MUCH more rewarding that dealing with creationists.

Boru