[Alamo-Girl]

All it [anthropic principle] proves is that they have no rational explanation for their statements.

That pretty much sums it up. One of the big complaints about intelligent design theory is that by saying "God did it" research comes to a halt - so instead, when a fact which points to design is found, it is placed in the "anthropic principle" bucket and research comes to a halt. Ironic.

Ian's Cosmic Matters has an interesting collection of these in layspeak.

[webber]

"One of the big complaints about intelligent design theory is that by saying "God did it" research comes to a halt - so instead, when a fact which points to design is found, it is placed in the "anthropic principle" bucket and research comes to a halt. Ironic."

How do you figure, ALL the earliest scientits were Christians. It didn't stop them from evaluating God's creation. It made them want to learn about His Creation.