[ZULU]

Are "intlligent design" and evolution necessarily contradictory?

I think not.

Evolution is a biological mechanism. When a scientist strays beyond studying what can be determined only by scientific methods, and condemn "intlligent design", he is no longer speaking from a position of authority in his field - just rendering a personal opinion. In this case, I would view that opinion as flawed.

Who the heck does he think created the laws of biology and physics by which evolution and other processes in the universe operate?

I was all a fortuitous accident? I hardly think so.

[MacDorcha]

well stated :)

[PatrickHenry]

When a scientist strays beyond studying what can be determined only by scientific methods, and condemn "intlligent design", he is no longer speaking from a position of authority in his field - just rendering a personal opinion. In this case, I would view that opinion as flawed.

Yes. But that doesn't apply only to scientists. When anyone so strays, his opinion can be regarded as flawed. That's why so-called intelligent design gets no respect. It's based on nothing that can be verified.

[Oztrich Boy]

When a scientist strays beyond studying what can be determined only by scientific methods, and condemn "intlligent design", he is no longer speaking from a position of authority in his field

IF "intelligent design" is a scientific explanation, then it is examinable and disprovable by scientists and the scientific method.

If it isn't and is not examinable, it has no place as a scientific explanation or any place in science courses.