[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.

[Physicist]

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.

Well said, and largely correct...so why do you let it stop you? (E.g., Creation never changes. "God created the Heavens & the Earth." He created all life, "Each after it's own kind." etc.)

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you so much for your post! Indeed, much of the scientific progress over these many years was made under the axiom of Creation.

I was trying to support such a view by illustrating how the scientists' argument that "saying 'God did it' will bring scientific research to a halt" is specious.

To make the point, I observed that scientists tend to bucket bizarre observations under the anthropic principle - bringing research to a halt on their own, just shy of saying God did it. There is no substantive difference in my view.

The Intelligent Design movement wouldn't stop research, it would encourage new research - particularly with regard to information theory and mathematics.