[Southack]

"I'm not qualified to either make or refute that claim. I can say that our ability to engineer new life forms has no bearing on the validity of the Theory of Evolution or I.D." - LibertarianSchmoe

You're contradicting yourself.

If we are engineering new life forms, then ID explains all such new species, scientifically. That means that ID is a valid theory. It conclusively explains something without question.

[js1138]

If we are engineering new life forms, then ID explains all such new species, scientifically.

Another claim so mind-bendingly stupid that you stand alone.

Is there anyone lurking on this thread who believes that because humans can dig ditches, all rivers and creeks are intelligently designed?

[LibertarianSchmoe]

You're contradicting yourself. If we are engineering new life forms, then ID explains all such new species, scientifically. That means that ID is a valid theory. It conclusively explains something without question.

No, I'm not contradicting myself. You're just not understanding: just because man can do something artificially doesn't mean that that is the only way it can be done. Another example: Lake Mead, behind Hoover Dam, is man-made. Does that mean that all lakes are the result of some Intelligent Dammer?