This is where I don’t quite get a part of the “Intelligent Design” debate. If you believe in a God that’s in any way connected to the Bible, don’t you sort of have to believe that He designed it all in some way? You can quibble with others about how He did it, and you can even think that the people at Discovery are full of it, but you still have to agree with the premise that God designed it all. If not, I would really like to read an explanation. Does science demand Atheism or at least some oddball variant of Deism? I don’t think there’s that many scientists who will insist on that. What am I missing?
“If you believe in a God that’s in any way connected to the Bible, don’t you sort of have to believe that He designed it all in some way?”
Although I do believe the God in the Bible, even if the Bible did not exist, I would have to believe that some God somewhere created everything. It’s a no-brainer. So you are not missing anything.
You can both believe in God and have a strong pro-science stance. Many people do. I do.
The Discovery Institute is about intelligent design. ID is another name for creationism. IOW, it’s anti-evolution.
Isn’t it possible to believe that God created evolution? Many people think so.
During my life I’ve met devout Christians - many of them - who also believe in the theory of evolution.