[concerned about politics]

I think the scientific world itself will have to kill Darwinism because its own standards of integrity are not going to permit the great mass of scientists to rely on the kind of obfuscation and misdirection that you have to keep that dying theory alive.

Although the battle between theologians and scientists regarding the origins of man and nature, has raged for decades, an accumulating amount of evidence seems to be causing some scientists to re-examine the role an intelligent designer might have played in the origins of life.

[DouglasKC]

Although the battle between theologians and scientists regarding the origins of man and nature, has raged for decades, an accumulating amount of evidence seems to be causing some scientists to re-examine the role an intelligent designer might have played in the origins of life.

That's a good point. If it were simply a matter of a few religious nuts making noise than these threads wouldn't exist. What scientist would debate the doctrine of baptism on scientific merit? The reason it's such a lively debate is exactly because it has merit within the scientific community.

[dr_lew]

Speak for yourself. What kind of a role do you think an "intelligent designer might have played in the origins of life." Did he order others about? Did he mold clay with his "hands" ? Did he arrange molecules with tweezers, perhaps? Speak!